Catalogue - Paul Christian Rare Plants

CROCUS (AUTUMN)asumaniaeJP.88-45 White or pale violet flowers with a hazy yellow throat and longbranched, vivid orange styles, which may be used as saffron. Easy in a bulb frame or pot if not over -baked in summer, in the garden does quite well in a sunny, well-drained raised bed.................... £4.00banaticusIntense soft violet flowers with fantastically frilled styles, the outer petalslonger than the inners, lending a unique “Iris” appearance. A superb plant which more people shouldgrow. Likes leafy soil and a light shade, in the garden, without lifting, but is good in a pan. .......... £6.00banaticus Snowdrift Unblemished, white, Iris-like flowers in Sept. A superb, strong-growingfloriferous clone, the best white form of the most beautiful autumnal crocus. Hard to over-praise £15.50cartwrightianus CEH.613 Deep violet flowers are striped darker violet whilst in the centresit chrome yellow anthers and red stigmas. The stunning colours are enhanced by a strong fragranceof saffron. The best saffron crocus and the best producer of saffron for outside in the UK. ........... £7.50cartwrightianus Halloween Raised from one seedling of CEH.613. White, infused purple, a purplethroat and contrasting yellow and red stigmata. Flowers around Halloween (if planted early.)....... £9.50cartwrightianus Marcel Flowers of a pale lilac hinted with white and contrasted with a lovely violetthroat star and a violet tube. Red and yellow, stigmata and anthers complete the picture. ............ £4.50cartwrightianus Michel The flower colour here is a lovely pure white with the throat shaded withjust a hint of pallid violet-grey in the form of a star made of thin lines. Bright red and yellow styles andstigmas add a lovely, colourful contrast. Both clones grow and flower readily. ............................. £4.50cancellatus mazziaricus Rendina AH.8952 A superb selection of Greek mazziaricus with, mineralviolet flowers toning to white. Yellow in the throat and bright orange, frilly styles. Decorative,dependable and a good selection for an Autumn show in the garden (in sun) or a pot ................. £4.50clusii PoseidonA free-flowering selection with superb, bright violet flowers with a traceryof violet lines at the base. This garden clone is dependable and attractive. It always flowers in Nov.and stands up very well to the weather, staying in good condition even in heavy rain. ................. £4.00goulimyiRobust violet flowers on long tubes in October. S. Greece. Stands theworst autumnal weather and still looks good, flowering and increasing well.. ............................... £2.25goulimyi leucantha This is the restricted endemic of Malea in S. Greece. Wispy white flowersin the autumn. It retains the characteristic long tubes of the species. Sunny well-drained spot...... £3.50hadriaticus Alepohori A long elegant flower, not as goblet-shaped as other forms, infused withviolet at the tips. Throat gold, red at the base and lovely yellow and red anthers and style. .......... £3.50hadriaticus lilacinus Little known form with flowers of light violet, the centre of the flower beingof a contrasting yellow. Vigorous and does well outside. A good producer of saffron.................... £4.50hadriaticus Purple Heart White flowers with a lovely purple centre. Possibly of a hybrid origin, butcannot yet be verified. A gorgeous plant, well suited to growth outside. ...................................... £7.50* hyemalis Fragrant, white flowers, flecked violet with a deep gold throat enhanced bya finely divided orange style and stunning black anthers. Not for the garden, it is tender in very severewinters, alpine house is best. Blooms Dec on. Well-drained, loam-based compost, dry summer... £6.50kotschyanus Reliance Commercial C. kotschyanus makes huge corms, but they are geneticallydamaged and do not flower. I do not mean shy-flowering, I mean NO flowers! Reliance however hasstrong, clustered flowers of light violet with contrasting darker veins and a bright orange throat. ... £1.95kotschyanusHKEP.9205 Light violet, violet marked flowers and a yellow-orange throat.Not as vigorous as ‘Reliance’, increase is slow, but flowers are good sized and dependable ........ £2.80kotschyanusHKEP.9317 Stoloniferous and makes very good increase whilst stillproducing lovely light violet, hair-lined flowers plentifully. Makes small corms. ............................. £2.60laevigatusCEH 612 Pale to deep lilac flowers, many striped outside. Featheryorange styles, white anthers and a superb honey scent. Nov-Feb, but influenced by climate. ....... £5.50laevigatusAH.0153 Pale violet toning to white at the edge with an orange throat, setoff, white anthers and feathery orange stigmata. Raised from material from Parnassus in Greece.£6.50laevigatusAH.0138 A gorgeous form with a white background and thin, purplefeathers outside, beautifully contrasted with a froth, frilly mass of expanded style lobes.. ............. £6.50longiflorus Nebrodi AH.9703 Strongly fragrant violet-purple flowers and greater variability thanthe usual cultivated Dutch stocks, we have had whites from seedlings of this stock.. ................... £5.00 13