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SEED LIST 2010 Hill View is a small mail order nursery specialising in bulbous plants and this catalogue lists seeds collected in the Mediterranean during the last northern summer and from our own stock plants during our last southern summer. A high degree of confidence is placed on the identification and provenance of all the items on offer and some of these will not be readily available elsewhere. There is a strong emphasis on crocus, colchicum and fritillaria with an additional list of choice selections. Happy Germinating Marcus For Ordering and Freight details plus order form, please see SEED ORDERING. COLCHICUM COLCHICUM BIVONAE Mt Taygetos, Lakonia, Greece. 1000m Large heavily tessellated rosy purple bell-shaped blooms in autumn. Widely distributed in southern Europe and into western Turkey and one of the best. $5.00 COLCHICUM CORSICUM ex cult. No data. Mid-pink flowers over narrow, short, deep-green leaves in autumn. Apparently rare in the wild I find it easy, going well from both seed and offsets. $5.00 COLCHICUM CUPANII Poros, Argolida, Greece. 300m A widespread dainty autumn flowerer with pale pink to deep purple-pink funnel to star-shaped blooms, and purple-brown anthers. $5.00 COLCHICUM DIAMPOLIS ex Otto Fauser, no further data. A choice offering of a very rare spring-flowering Bulgarian endemic. Large pure white, goblet-shaped flowers, with orange coloured pollen. Now fully protected in the wild I believe. 5 seeds for $5.00 COLCHICUM HUNGARICUM Granitis, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 800m A rare wild collection which, according to the all the guides, etc., should be the correct name. Succession of late winter/spring flowers in shades of pink and purple, occasionally white. Similar to C. triphyllum but larger and more robust with a greater number of narrow leaves. 10 seeds for $6 COLCHICUM KESSELRINGII ex Jan Jilek from original coll. Tovil-Dora Range, Tajikistan. 1400m A rare chance for some fresh home-grown seed of one the most distinct and desirable dwarf spring-flowering species. Chalice-shaped, white flowers appear with emerging narrow leaves, each segment striped on the exterior with bronze-purple. 10 seeds for $6 COLCHICUM LUTEUM ex Janis Ruksans from original coll. Chimgan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 1200m Brilliant Central Asian species unique in the genus for its yellow goblet-shaped flowers in earliest spring. This population is very robust and reliably produces a crop of deeply coloured flowers each year as well as multiplying generously from offsets. 10 seeds for $8.00 COLCHICUM TURCICUM Tria Pigada, Mt Vermion, Thessalonika, Greece. 1400m A rare wild collection of a seldom offered species. Similar to C. autumnale but readily distinguished from it by its glaucous, wavy leaves and deep crimson-purple flowers, up to 8, in late autumn. $7.00 CROCUS A wonderfully diverse genus bearing their goblet and cup shaped flowers from early autumn right through to spring in a mix of colours and patterns. Here in southern Australia they present no problems germinating and can be easily grown in the garden given sensible siting and soil conditions. CROCUS BIFLORUS ssp ALEXANDRII Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 1100m Presently known in Greece only from this site and at Granitis close to the Bulgaian border.. At its best, large, rich violet-blue flowers with snow white inner petals and yellow anthers. Lovely spring flowering race. $4.00 CROCUS BIFLORUS ssp MELANTHERUS Mantherya, Peleponnese, Greece. 800m An endemic race confined to the central and north of the Peleponnese and only one of two autumn flowering species in this group. Upright goblets always white with variable exterior markings and along with C. biflorus ssp crewii has striking dark maroon anthers. $5.00 CROCUS BORYI ex Taygetos Mts., Peleponnese, Greece. 1200m Large creamy white goblets with striking orange-red feathery styles in the autumn. This original high altitude collection indicates the species has a much wider range than first determined. Found it this trip in Greek Macedonia! $6.00 CROCUS CANCELLATUS ssp MAZZIARICUS Several collections from Poros, Samos and the Taygetos Mts. Large autumn flowering species of great ornamental value. Often white but can be lilac through to lilac-blue, exterior darkly veined. Fine example on the front cover of Chris Grey-Wilson's latest publication, A Field guide to the bulbs of Greece. $4.00 CROCUS CHRYSANTHUS Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 1100m A widely distributed species from Albania, to the Balkans, and into central Greece and Turkey. Found here growing in close proximity to Crocus bif. ssp alexandrii. Beautiful, bright yellow flowers with large thickly textured segments in late winter. The "unimproved" parent of many of the garden hybrids. $6.00 CROCUS CYPRIUS ex D.B. Stephens 96-08 coll. Chionistra, Troodos, Cyprus. Little-known member of the Biflori Series found only from high up in the western Troodos Mountains. Flowers from pale to deep lilac-blue with white inner petals with brilliant red-orange stigmas. 10 seeds for $6 CROCUS GILANICUS ex Shirdelpur & Wendelbo 14910 coll. Asalem, Azerbaijan, Iran. 2400m Little-known species in the Kotschyani Series found only in the southern Talysh. Wedge-shaped white flowers, often with lilac mid-veins on each petal, before the leaves in autumn. Very rare and rarely offered. 10 seeds for $7 CROCUS HADRIATICUS Mantherya, Lakonia, Peleponnese, Greece. 800m Another striking autumn flowering Greek species found growing alongside C. b melantherus here in Virgil's Ancient Paradise. Glistening white with a hint of deep yellow in the throat and erect scarlet styles. $6.00 CROCUS HADRIATICUS ssp ? PARNONICUS Mt Kouchera, NW of Monemvassia, Peleponnese, Greece. 800m The pale lilac-flowered variant without the yellow throat. Found only around Mt. Parnon and the northern Malea Peninsula so this is slap bang in the right area. 10 seeds for $6.00 CROCUS LAEVIGATUS ex Karystos, Evia, Greece. 50m Late autumn to winter flower only found in Greece and some of its islands. Variable over its range in flower size, shape and colouring. In this area the tendency is towards large white to lilac flowers boldly stripped metallic purple externally. $6.00 CROCUS LONGIFLORUS ex M. Salmon Collection A lovely and very easy autumnal species from Italy and Malta. These are from Monte Stella, Calabria, Italy. Large, delightfully scented, lilac to deeper purple flowers over an extended period. $4.00 CROCUS NIVEUS Kosmos, Mani, Greece. 800m Autumnal chalices in either pure white or faintly bicoloured with lilac. An unusual collection because of the uncharacteristically high altitude and the locality, this species is most commonly found in the central "Prong" of the Peleponnese at lower levels. $5.00 CROCUS OCHROLEUCUS ex Eric Pasche, originally from Tel Aviv Botanic Gardens. Large, white flowers with yellow throat very early in the season. Easy and absolutely nothing like the mingy little clone going around in commerce. $4.00 CROCUS OLIVIERI ssp OLIVIERI Steno, Lakonia, Peloponnese, Greece. 500m Widespread spring-flowering type species found in scattered populations below 1500 metres right across the Balkans, Greece and northern Turkey. Bright orange flowers devoid of external markings, open dish-like, flat to the sun. $5.00 CROCUS OLIVERI ssp BALANSAE Samos, Agean Islands, Greece. 1000m Similar to the type but has broader more erect leaves and flowers that are attractively striped or suffused purplish brown. Rarely co llected, so here is a chance for some fresh seed. $6.00 CROCUS PALLASII ssp PALLASII Samos, Agean Islands, Greece. 1000m Large, pale lilac, sometime almost white flowers with bright red styles. Found growing in cracks on flat limestone slabs with iris, fritillaria and Colchicum variegatum. Needs a dry summer rest. $6.00 CROCUS PULCHELLUS ex Ulu Dag, Bursa, Turkey. 1200m Large elegant autumn goblets of lavender blue with a touch of yellow in the throat. Here on Ulu Dag there appears to be a high percentage of albinos, which make equally beautiful garden plants. $4.00 CROCUS PELISTERICUS Kajmakcalan, Pela, Greece 1600m An incomparable species growing in wet mountain meadows at a few localities on the Greek-Macedonian border. Near to C. scardicus with striking flowers of rich, sumptuous purple-violet with a glossy finish. CROCUS RETICULATUS ssp RETICULATUS Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 1300m Collection from the only known Greek site for this species, where it occurs alongside C. bif. ssp alexandrii. Large, pale blue to lilac flowers, strongly striped on exterior with deep purple,in spring. $5.00 CROCUS SIEBERI ssp NIVALIS Lagada Pass, Lakonia, Peleponesse, Greece. 1000m Mathew has given subspecies rank to this race, which grows, at higher levels in the Taygetos Mountains. He distinguishes between this and the closely proximate C.s. ssp sublimis on the basis of a smooth throat and slight differences in the tunic. $5.00 CROCUS SIEBERI ssp SUBLIMIS Kajmakcalan, Pela, Greece 1200m The most widespread race of this group bearing lilac-blue flowers with yellow throats in early spring. At this site is known to hybridize with C. veluchensis to produce striking bicoloured flowers. An easy and rewarding species and a must for the novice seed raiser. $5.00 CROCUS THOMASII ex M Salmon Coll. In Southern Italy. Native to the collection area and the Adriatic coast. Large mid to deep lilac flowers in autumn superficially resembling C. cartwrightianus with its striking bright scarlet styles and broadly spreading petals. $6.00 CROCUS TOURNEFORTII Serifos, Cyclades, Greece. 50m A close relative of C. boryi and C. laevigatus this delightful species never '?Äòputs it's feet' on mainland Greece choosing to hop the islands instead. Wide- open lilac blue to white flowers deeply veined violet with a yellow throat and frothy orange stigma in mid autumn. $5.00 CROCUS VELUCHENSIS Kajmakcalan, Pela, Greece 1600m Large, pale to deep lilac-blue flowers, often with darker tips, but without the yellow throat of its close relative, C. sieberi ssp sublimis. Likes it cool and not too dry to do well. $6.00 FRITILLARIA This genus has a strong following amongst dwarf bulb enthusiasts at present probably because there are so many species being currently brought in cultivation. FRITILLARIA BITHYNICA Mt Ambelos, Samos, Greece. 800m Essentially a Turkish native but crosses over into Greek territory here and possibly Chios or maybe that's F. peliniae? Delightful plant with long elegant bells in a bloomy yellow-green followed by strongly winged capsules. This island race is not well known in cultivation. $6.00 FRITILLARIA CARICA Mt. Ambelos, Samos, Greece. 1000m Another Turkish native finding home in the Greek Islands. In fact occupies higher, more exposed areas on the same mountain as F. bithynica. This robust population is little known in cultivation and bears clear yellow bells and dark nectaries. $5.00 FRITILLARIA CONICA Agios Nicholaos, Pylos, Messenia, Greece. 100m Bright yellow flowered species distinguishable by its very cone-shaped bells on quite tall stems, glossy green leaves. Check the luscious photo, p.350 of the SRGC's The Garden, June 2002. Very local and possibly threatened but easy going in cultivation. $7.00 FRITILLARIA DAVISII Porto Kagio, Mani, Greece. 100m Another Greek endemic found only on the southern end of the middle 'prong' of the southern Peleponnese. Deep chocolate bells, sometimes with a soft darker chequering over bright green shiny leaves. $5.00 FRITILLARIA DRENOVSKYI Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 800m Elegant species with thin, scattered grey-green leaves on slender stems. Long, narrow bells from dark chocolate to honey-brown. Endemic to the Greek-Bulgarian border ranges. 15 seeds for $5.00 FRITILLARIA GRAECA SSP THESSALA ex various collections from Epirus in NW Greece. A robust species bearing elegant, greeny-yellow bells striped and faintly chequered in terracotta red, on tall stems. Larger than the type and a much easier in the garden. $5.00 FRITILLARIA SPETSIOTICA Profitis Ilias, Spetses, Argolida, Greece. 250m Recently described island species close to F. argolica and F. rhodokanakis. Purple and chestnut-brown flowers with yellow fascia on tall stems. Certainly not a dwarf, as stated by Chris Grey-Wilson's in his otherwise highly commendable recent publication, A Field Guide to the Bulbs of Greece. $5.00 FRITILLARIA SIBTHORPIANA ssp ENGENII ex JCA, NE of Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey. Described in 1995 from ranges inland of the type. Differs in having 4 leaves, rather than 2, and dull-yellow to greenish yellow flowers. Visited the locus classicus in 1999 and found it completely destroyed by forestry operations. 5 seeds for $4.00 FRITILLARIA PONTICA ex Lake Abant, Bolu, Turkey. Widespread throughout Thrace and northern Turkey this species produces big, fat bells in apple green, tinged with terra cotta to pink at the tips. Rewarding species for the novice and very useful in the open garden. $5.00 OTHER BURIED TREASURES ALLIUM ACUMINATUM ex Ron Ratko NNS 01-2 Blue Mts., Wallowa Co., Oregon 1200m. An outstanding small onion that bears tight clusters of rose-violet florets, which curve gracefully outwards as they taper to sharp points. $5.00 ALLIUM KARATAVIENSE ex Harry Hay, original coll. Tashkent, Uzbekstan. A standout dwarf species from the Acanthoprason section. Very ornamental plant with a large, tight ball of creamy-white to pink florets nestled between two broad, gray-green leaves in late spring. $5.00 ALLIUM NEVSKIANUM ex JCA 134.200 Varsob Gorge, Tajikistan. 1200m Another outstanding member of the Acanthoprason section bearing very large, spherical umbels of rich dusky-pink florets between 2 broad, blue-green leaves. 10 seeds for $8.00 ALLIUM SCHUBERTII ex cult. No data. A striking allium bearing a large, loosely spherical cluster of star-shaped florets in rose-pink, as big as a soccerball!! Flower heads have up to 200 individual florets each on its own pedical which are variable in length. The overall effect is like a frozen fireworks display. $6.00 ANEMONE BLANDA Lagada Pass, Lakonia, Peleponesse, Greece. 900m Open-faced mid-winter blooms in various shades of blue, occasionally white or bicoloured, over a filigree of dark green leaves. ANEMONE HELDREICHII Imbros Gorge, Central Southern Crete, Greece. 200m Native to the lowland gullies of Crete. White to bluish-white windflowers set off to perfection by a dark central zone of navy-blue anthers. $4.00 ANEMONE PAVONINA Lagada Pass, Lakonia, Peleponesse, Greece. 800m Brilliant, eye-burning scarlet, saucer-shaped flowers with dark anthers often surrounded by a central white zone. The epitome of a Greek spring. $4.00 ARUM CRETICUM Omolos, Central Crete, Greece.700m Native to Crete and some of the adjacent islands, and arguably the best in the genus. Elegant, sweetly-scented, butter-yellow spathes surround a deeper coloured spadix and overtop clumps of bright-green sagittate leaves. Not seen in flower but keys out to this. 10 seeds for $5.00 ARUM PURPUREOSPATHUM ex JCA , original collection P. Boyce 51, Samaria Gorge, Crete, Greece. 100m Bears huge, velvety, dark purple spathe with black-purple spadix. $5.00 CALOCHORTUS FIMBRIATUS ex Ron Ratko collection NNS 01-95 CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS ex Ron Ratko collection NNS 00-127 Northern Sierra Nevada foothills, California. Large, upward- facing luminous yellow bowls marked with a dark red central blotch surrounded by bands of fine red penciling. $4.00 CALOCHORTUS OBISPOENSIS ex Ron Ratko collection NNS 01-78 Santa Lucia Range, Obispo Co., California. Golden-yellow, upward-facing, star-shaped flowers densely covered with tufts purple-brown hairs, especially at the tips. $4.00 CYCLAMEN GRAECUM Poros, Argolida, Greece. 50m Variable and wide-ranging species bearing a succession of shell pink to rosy-pink chubby flowers over a long period in autumn. Here's a chance to get some CYCLAMEN GRAECUM Pylos, Messenia, Greece. 20m Collected just below the old fort almost at sea level. An alternative selection from the opposite end of this species' range in the Peleponnese. $4.00 CYCLAMEN HEDERIFOLIUM ssp CRASSIFOLIUM Malithea, W of Gythio, Greece. 100m A recently described race from the eastern parts of the Peleponnese, the Ionian islands and some of the Agean islands. Very close to C. hederifolium ssp confusum with its larger, thicker, fleshy leaves and dark-coloured, scented flowers. $6.00 DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS var. CRETICUS W of Kamares, Mt. Idi, Crete, Greece. 1100m One of the "Holy Grails" of the bulb world. The type is impressive enough with its stout, mottled stem and pedate, kidney-shaped leaves. This collection is from one of a handful of sites where the huge, normally purplish-brown flowers, are wholly white, or yellowish-cream or mottled in these colours. The spadix can be yellow or black. A very rare offering. $7.00 EBENUS CRETICA N of Sougia, Central Southern Crete, Greece. 50m Impressive endemic often occurring in large populations on dry hillsides. Shrubby species bearing clusters of silver-grey leaflets and large spikes of soft-pink flowers with eyelash-like, hairy bracts. 10 seeds for $4.00 ECHINOPS SPINOSISSIMUS N of Sougia, Central Southern Crete, Greece. 100m A fiercesomley handsome member of the Globe Thistle tribe bearing its steely-blue mace-like flower in late spring fading to almost white as they age. Well suited to a dry garden where its fine architectural qualities can be put to good use. $4.00 ERYTHRONIUM DENS CANIS Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 1100m The only known Greek site for this species though there are reports of other populations further east in the Rhodope Mts. Large, chubby, deep-pink to pinkish-mauve flowers over deep blue-green leaves marbled with reddish-brown and white. $7.00 GLADIOLUS ITALICUS N of Kalou Mani, Peleponnese, Greece. 100m Up to 15 pinkish-purple flowers on 1 metre stems over clumps of neat sword-like leaves. Vernally moist sites drying out during summer. HERMODACTYLUS TUBEROSUS Poros, Argolida, Greece. 100m Green and velvety-black Widow Iris is a fragrant tuberous species that bears its unusual and quietly exotic blooms in winter. Hardy outside in Australia and New Zealand. $5.00 IRIS UNGUICULARIS var. CRETICUS Moni Androubevista, S of Stavropigia, Outer Mani, Peleponnese 300m Densely tufted evergreen species to 30 cm tall, with long, tapering, deep-green leaves. Richly coloured, scented, winter flowers in purple or violet-blue variably stippled and splashed with white and egg-yolk yellow on falls. $4.00 PRIMULA VULGARIS Lagada Pass, Lakonia, Peleponesse, Greece. 700m True wild species found growing on vertical moist rocks in muted light these plants form huge rosettes of crinkly, mid-green leaves and bears dense sprays of large lemon-yellow flowers with bright orange throats. $4.00 PRIMULA VULGARIS ssp SIBTHORPII Tria Pigada, Mt Vermion, Pela, Greece. 1100m True wild species found growing in large clumps through open beech forest and hazel nut groves in moist flushes. John Richards in, Mountain Flower Walks : Greek Mainland, reports that flower colour vary from white through to pink in this area. $6.00 PULSATILLA HALLERI ssp RHODOPAEA Mt Falakron, N of Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 1100m Native to the Rhodope Mts in Bulgaria but occasionally strays into Greece. Typically has much woollier and much less finely cut basal leaves than P. vulgaris and bears large, widely-flaring, violet-purple flowers in spring. Great picture in AGS Bulletin 285, vol. 69, Sept. 2001, p. 351. $4.00 SALVIA POMIFERA Agios Fokas, Lakonia, Peleponnese, Greece. 20m Known as the Apple-bearing sage because of the edible galls that occur along its stems. Branching, shrubby plant bearing very aromatic, silvery-green leaves and dense whorls of large pale blue to lilac blue flowers. 10 seeds for $4.00 SALVIA SCLAREA ex Lambley Nursery from original JCA collection, no further data. Superb form of the Clary Sage which is widespread in Greece and Turkey. Soft mounds of broadly lanceolate, crinkly, grey-green leaves from which spring enormous columns of lilac-blue, white-lipped flowers surrounded by pink, white and green bracts. $4.00 TULIPA UNDULATIFOLIA Moni Androubevista, S of Stavropigia, Outer Mani, Peleponnese 300m Stocky species with grey-green leaves, the upper more narrow. Solitary scarlet flowers with prominent black blotch, edged yellow. $5.00 |
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