Description
(Crocus sieberi sublimis)
The old subspecies of Crocus sieberi have now been revised and elevated to species rank, thus as well as C. sieberi (found only on the high mountains of Crete) we now have Crocus atticus, Crocus nivalis and Crocus sublimis as valid species.
An excellent large-flowered stock of this gorgeous pale lilac-blue, lemon-throated plant, now raised to species rank. This is sometimes tinted purple on the petal tips. The species itself is largely a Greek, snowline plant though it spreads to parts of adjacent Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria also.
This is a true to name, pedigree stock raised from an old Ole Sonderhousen collection, itself traceable to 1,000 m on Mt. Dirphys, Evvia, Greece, which is in fact the type locality, and thus this is considered 100% authentic although we are now following the most recent treatments which have transferred it to C. nivalis.
In cultivation it is very hardy and floriferous, in the garden or potted and grown under alpine glass where it makes a spectacular display.
