Jane McGary wrote Crocus sativus is believed to be a triploid sport of C. > cartwrightianus, which is a fertile species and can indeed be grown > from seed. In fact, it self-sowed readily in my bulb frames. It > usually has white flowers with strongly marked veining on the outer > tepals, and its style is the same bright scarlet as C. sativus but > not so long. I think C. cartwrightianus is widely adaptable in gardens.
Just out of curiousity does anyone know if you can harvest the stigmas of C. cartwrightianus and use them in place of saffron? Just wondering. Jan _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
