Crocuses, in failing light

Had dinner with good friends Raymond & Jeanne as Clare is out of town this weekend. Clare has gone to a surprise bridal shower for our daughter being married in a couple of months. Daughter Jenny didn’t know there would be a shower and couldn’t have known her mom would be in town. “Lies” have been told and apparently well-sold!

Anyway, as I usually do at Raymond & Jeanne’s, I had a post-dinner walk in the neighborhood with Raymond & Abby, their lab. These “crocuses” were popping up in a neighbor’s yard. That’s the genus name (in the Iris family, “Iridaceae”); I’m not going to hazard a guess on the species, as these could be “cultivars.”

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Crocus&rank=genus

1 year ago (“Nascency”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-22
[One of my favorite posts] 2 years ago (“Don’t tread on me!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-22
3 years ago (“Ahhh — the colors of springtime!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-22

[Rick Schies]

Look at them, they look wonderful

[Jean Tookey]

Such striking colour. Beautiful.

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful color.