Common Crocus Crocus

Uses include rock gardens, beds, ground covers, lawns, and woodland gardens; tolerates drought, but keep moist during growing season; Plant 5 in. to base of the corm, 0-4 in. apart, 35-70 per sq. ft.; Injured at temperatures below 14 degrees F (-10 degrees C).

Quick ID Hints:

• Thin, grass-like leaves with a central white stripe
• Flowers are large, single, campanulate, appear late winter
• Flower is stemless-long perianth tube emerges from a sheath

Cormous perennial, acaulescent herb to 6". 

Blooms in late winter; planted in lawns, at tree bases, in rock gardens; naturalizes freely; flowers close at night and during cloudy days; most common commercial crocus. 

Yellow-flowered crocuses and smaller sized crocuses belong to other species; all have ephemeral flowers which last about a day before drying & withering; utilized in rock gardens, beds, base of trees, and in lawns; in lawns, foliage must remained intact for about 6 weeks, not mowed down, as leaves generating food for next year's floral production; flowers remain closed in full shade.. 

Prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained sandy loam with composted organic matter; plant in fall about 2.5" deep and 2" apart; numerous pest/disease problems, including small mammals.