General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Dutch Crocus
  • Giant Crocus
  • Spring Crocus
  • Crocus
Also sold as:
  • Golden Yellow
  • Dutch Yellow
  • Large Yellow

Photo Gallery
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-05
Location: z5 MA, my garden
Date: 2011-04-02

Date: 2022-03-19
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-17

Date: 2022-03-10
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2010-03-27
Played Where's Waldo w/niece to explain some blooms close at nigh
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-17
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-05

Date: 2022-03-10
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-11

Date: 2005-03-09
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2015-04-04

photo by ghislain118

Date: 2005-03-06
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-10-11
Location: Holladay, UT
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis
Date: 2018-03-31

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