A visit to Otto's.

A visit to Otto's.

 Hyacinthella leucophaea subsp. atchley GO 2008 (above and below) Spring flowering, usually two leaves up to 25cm in height. Ten to twenty narrow bell shaped flowers in whorls around the stem which is pinkish-maroon, found growing only in the Western part of Bulgaria. A very pretty little blue flowering bulb. Otto raised this from Gotenburg Botanical garden 2008.

Fritillaria frankiorum

Leucojum vernum

Narcissus Gypsie Queen a lovely old favourite, that seems to be very rare now in Australia quite dwarf only about 10cm in height.

Scoliopus hallii raised from seed by Don Annett. Think Lynn's Rare Plants sometimes lists it for sale as Lynn raised it from seed as well. It needs a shady position in the garden.

Crocus tommasinianus Whitwell Purple a named clone from Otto's friend Don in NSW. Much darker flowers in reality.

Crocus yalovensis syn Crocus pestalozzae a new name for us all to learn. This Crocus was always recommended by Barbara and Phillip Gordon for growing in a trough, as it is smallish. But I found you need to choose the plants you put it with as it does not like to be watered too much.

A beautiful teal blue Iris reticulata bred and crossed by Otto, he made "this cross in 1962!!! I put pollen of Iris winogradowii onto the commercial form of Iris reticulata. There were not many named varieties of I. reticulata available in those days- not like today".