• Tuesday-What'sUP October 12 - 06:53 am

When Liz Siivola sent these photos in, my first though upon opening them, was Spring. But then I noticed all the leaves surrounding the crocuses and I knew it was Fall. Liz said that she spotted these growing in a Laurium yard and she thought it would be fun to see the delicate purple and white crocuses, against the fallen leaves. Sure is nice to get this last burst of colorful little flowers, before the dullness of fall sets in, once the leaves have all fallen.

Spring or fall these little flowers are a joy to see!

How neat is that! Love it. Thanks.

Those are beautiful, thank you, Liz and Mary! I had no idea that crocuses bloomed in the fall. I'll have to look at ours to see if ours are blooming, too, now.

Great photos! I have a coneflower in bloom, and a delphinium that looks like it's ready to open up some swelling buds. I wonder if it's the unusually warm weather we've had for the last couple of weeks?

I don't think those are Crocus blossoms. Similar, but not quite right... With Crocus there is some green foliage.

My Bad... I found them. From Wikipedia...

Some Crocus species, known as "autumn crocus", flower in September to November in the Northern Hemisphere. Some flower before their leaves appear. Autumn/fall flowering species include: Crocus banaticus (syn. C. iridiflorus), C.cancellatus, C. goulimyi, C. hadriaticus, C. kotschyanus (syn. C. zonatus), C. laevigatus, Crocus ligusticus (syn. C. medius ), C. niveus, C. nudiflorus, C. ochroleucus, C. pulchellus, C. sativus (saffron crocus), C. serotinus, C. speciosus, C. tournefortii. Crocus laevigatus has a long flowering-period which starts in late autumn or early winter and may continue into February

I was tending to agree with you, Victor, 'til I read your second post. Have to admit, in all my 'born-days' (76 years, to be exact), I never knew there was such a thing as "autumn crocus"! Delicate and pretty!

Love those flowers, and the pictures of them. The autumn croccus is the source of saffron and each bloom produces three stigma that are used to flavor foods and baked goods. Favorites of mine are saffron bread and rolls and the seafood dish paella. Very labor intensive to collect those stigma, though, hence the high price.

I have deep purple and yellow pansies popping up.

Beautiful pictures!