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richard.spicer.7906

St Albans based, career changer and studying Horticulture. Bulb addict, South African plant fan and converted succulent lover

Crocus chrysanthus 'Gipsy Girl'

  • Season Icon Mid WinterMid Winter 2023
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richard.spicer.7906

💛 Bit of Gipsy Girl (the yellow one) appearing amongst Firefly (the purple one). Hopefully this is still there in the morning. The mice seem to have discovered where the corms are planted 😬😬

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Auricula

Love them 💛💜. Hardly anything stays where I plant it, especially bulbs they’re always on the move!

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richard.spicer.7906

Lol, i wouldn’t mind if they just moved it! I found three to four half eaten corms this morning and little holes 🕳️ 🐭. And then i found my aconites in the garden have been eaten off 🙄 @Auricula

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richard.spicer.7906

I’m surprised I’ve not posted a pic since 2018?! It’s looking great usually every year @columbiariver

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philstalder

Beautiful and too bad about the critters 🤩

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juliesgarden

Ohh my I love this one , I’m lucky if I have anything corm or bulb come up with the mice and the pack of squirrels 🐿️ I’ve got 😂

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vegandmore

Lovely ☺️ mine are refusing to open up

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Auricula

Bah, mice, no respecters of a gardener’s expectations😡

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richard.spicer.7906

I know Karen, it’s been a problem previously when I had them in pots in the garden. They would dig them up and run to another pot for camouflage and eat their prize and leave the leftovers for me to find 🙄 @KOutdoors

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richard.spicer.7906

Thanks Phil! Hoping I can keep it under control 🙏🏼 @philstalder

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richard.spicer.7906

😆 it’s like we’re fighting a constant battle against nature! @juliesgarden

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richard.spicer.7906

Waiting for the heat of the sun no doubt! ☀️ @vegandmore

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  • Season Icon Mid WinterMid Winter 2018
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richard.spicer.7906

Crocus 'Gypsy Girl' #crocus #winterwonders

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Puddings_pies

Tiger stripes

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jeatacake

Great crocus collection Rich 👌

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SikoMa

Lovely🐯🐯🐯

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Yollymac

Wow - now that’s a stunning one!

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harebell

Love this one 😊

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bectill

Top colours! Are you growing all of your crocuses in pots?

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brightcolours

Ooh!!! #bestoffeb

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gauravsh6

Extraordinarily Beautiful

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lovemygarden65

Gorgeous 💛

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Davidward

Great shot Rich......incredible colours! @richard.spicer.7906

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richard.spicer.7906

Thanks Rebecca @bectill , yep most of my Crocus are in terracotta pots. I’ve just a couple of varieties in the ground where I had excess bulbs. I like to plant between 10-20 to a pot in a well drained gritty soil mix.

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