Crocus, Past and Present

When I first began my rock garden around 1995, I had a little more money, a big dream, and a fair amount of naivete. I planted a lot of things that just weren't destined to thrive on my sunny dry hill.

But one of the more reasonable expectations was for a lot of bulbs. However, the small rodents felt that I had simply filled their candy dish. Very few remain. Here are three that bloomed for a few years. The pictures are grainy because I only had a few shots that were very small and I tried to blow them up.

This one is called 'Blue Ice.' It was a favorite because of the blue outside and the white inside. Picture is from 2003.

I'm pretty sure these are 'Blue Ice,' still coming up in 2009. And I think I have a picture of a bud from 2013. I may have had one come up in 2024, but if so, it migrated downhill, so I'm not certain it's a 'Blue Ice.'



Here's another called 'Firefly' that I last saw in 2003. It was lavender with a yellow throat.

Here'a another from 2003. This is called 'Tricolor.' They are lilac, white and yellow. Haven't seen one since then.

One that has survived, at least minimally, is 'Zwanenburg Bronze.' I think one bloomed last year, and I see one this year. I like that they have a deeper color that shows up well on the hill. I'd be really happy to see this spread a bit. You know, crocus are known to do that, but mine can't seem to get with the program.

Last year, I reported finding a pale yellow crocus in the lawn down where the old house was. I think this has to be a remnant of some my mother gave me, maybe in the 1980s. I dug it up and moved it to the rock garden. Here it is! It's had two blooms this year.

And surprise! Three white crocus have now come up in the lawn down by that old garden. I've marked them so I can move them up here too.

In other news: I edited, I took apart the big puzzle, I started the taxes, I did my road loop (the temp was in the 60s and I couldn't stay inside all day!), I worked on a couple of projects.

Miles walked in 2026: 108.9

Road walk- 3 miles.

See So Early! Too Early?