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Help identifying flower
We have a new flower that I don't recall seeing before. I have two
photos of it, but, unfortunately neither is very good at showing the inside of the flower itself, as it has not fully opened today as it has yesterday when it was sunny, but I did not have a chance to take a picture. Anyway, it's at http://www.flickr.com/photos/24728380@N07 Some additional info: It looks sort of like a tulip, but the leaves are not tulip-like at all. The petals are entirely wihte, while the inside is yellowish orange. It is growing on the east side of the house, and so has almost no direct sunlight. We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Does anyone have any idea what it might be? Thanks, Boris Zakharin |
Help identifying flower
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: We have a new flower that I don't recall seeing before. I have two photos of it, but, unfortunately neither is very good at showing the inside of the flower itself, as it has not fully opened today as it has yesterday when it was sunny, but I did not have a chance to take a picture. Anyway, it's at http://www.flickr.com/photos/24728380@N07 Some additional info: It looks sort of like a tulip, but the leaves are not tulip-like at all. The petals are entirely wihte, while the inside is yellowish orange. It is growing on the east side of the house, and so has almost no direct sunlight. We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Does anyone have any idea what it might be? it's a crocus. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
Help identifying flower
On 3/16/2008 3:09 PM, wrote:
We have a new flower that I don't recall seeing before. I have two photos of it, but, unfortunately neither is very good at showing the inside of the flower itself, as it has not fully opened today as it has yesterday when it was sunny, but I did not have a chance to take a picture. Anyway, it's at http://www.flickr.com/photos/24728380@N07 Some additional info: It looks sort of like a tulip, but the leaves are not tulip-like at all. The petals are entirely wihte, while the inside is yellowish orange. It is growing on the east side of the house, and so has almost no direct sunlight. We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Does anyone have any idea what it might be? Thanks, Boris Zakharin While I've never seen a white crocus before, the narrow dark green leaves with the light stripe down the middle are definitely from a crocus. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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They are usually better planted directly in your lanw, because they are long gone before you really need to cut it and they look fantastic in the spring with the backdrop of green. BTW: the picture is most definately a Crocus! |
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"David E. Ross" wrote in
: While I've never seen a white crocus before, the narrow dark green leaves with the light stripe down the middle are definitely from a crocus. you haven't? they're fairly common. most have a yellow center inside, but not all. i have some pure white ones that pop up. they seem to bloom a bit earlier than the yellow & purple ones. i have no idea what variety they are, as they came with the house. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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JXStern wrote in
: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:09:37 GMT, wrote: We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Then without even looking, doesn't that pretty much mean crocus? without looking, it could be snowdrops. they bloom before the crocus. but it is a crocus :) lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Jangchub wrote:
I like the nasturtium on page 20. What variety is that? v V, It is a variety called "Strawberry Ice". I bought the seeds from Thompson and Morgan. Their web site is http://www.tmseeds.com -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Gardening for over 40 years To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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We have a new flower that I don't recall seeing before. I have two photos of it, but, unfortunately neither is very good at showing the inside of the flower itself, as it has not fully opened today as it has yesterday when it was sunny, but I did not have a chance to take a picture. Anyway, it's at http://www.flickr.com/photos/24728380@N07 Some additional info: It looks sort of like a tulip, but the leaves are not tulip-like at all. The petals are entirely wihte, while the inside is yellowish orange. It is growing on the east side of the house, and so has almost no direct sunlight. We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Does anyone have any idea what it might be? Thanks, Boris Zakharin Definitely a crocus, as others have said. The date of bloom, the location, the grass-like foliage with a light stripe are pretty definitive. I've never paid much attention to varieties with these plants -- they are all "inexpensive generic early spring bloomers of unpredictable color which survive almost anything" to me. That said, I'd be happy if a few more of the hundreds of yellow and purple ones in my yard were of the white variety. I could count the white ones on the fingers of one hand and might have fingers left over. I theorize that the white ones are just a little less hardy and prolific than the other colors. Or perhaps they naturally revert. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:15:40 GMT, JXStern
wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:09:37 GMT, wrote: We are located in southern New Jersey and it came up just recently (early to mid March). Then without even looking, doesn't that pretty much mean crocus? J. Maybe so, but I'm really quite an amateur at this. I try to identify all the flowers growing around the house (including those I plant myself, of course), but I'm far from an expert. There are still a few I don't know and I haven't seen this one in the 9 years since we moved in. Thanks to everyone for the help. |
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:51:10 -0400, "Tom J"
wrote: wrote: Maybe so, but I'm really quite an amateur at this. I try to identify all the flowers growing around the house (including those I plant myself, of course), but I'm far from an expert. There are still a few I don't know and I haven't seen this one in the 9 years since we moved in. Sounds like you got squirrels? ;-) Tom J Boy, do we ever! Chipmunks too. They try to eat everything, even the tulips (the flowers themselves and the bulbs). |
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