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

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

It looks like a Crocus to me.
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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.

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/

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.

We have lots of white Crocus here in the UK. They are mainly yellow, purple or white, but I also have some more interesting purple ones with white stripes and some yellow ones with brown stripes.

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!

"David E. Ross" wrote in
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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



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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
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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
--
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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

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

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.

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

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).