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Crocus

Crocus speciosus

Common Name: Crocus
Genus: Crocus
Species: speciosus

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Category: Bulbs, Corms, Tubers & Rhizomatous Plants

Height: 0.10 m (10 cm)
Spread: 0.05 m (5 cm)

Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Flowering Period: September to November
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Blue, Purple
Sun/Shade: Full sun
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Dry, well drained or Moist, but well drained

Beautiful goblet shaped rich violet blue flowers from September to November followed by narrow mid-green leaves. This popular autumn-flowering crocus is ideal for naturalising in a sunny shrub border among deciduous shrubs. Often the earliest autumn crocus to bloom it soon increases to form large colonies.
Garden care: Plant bulbs in naturalistic drifts 10cm (4in) deep in July or August in gritty well-drained soil. Where bulbs are planted in grass do not cut the lawn until after the leaves have died back.