The Main Plant entry for Crocus

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Crocus

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-03-11
Location: America 
Date: 2019-03-10
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-03-16
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2021-03-17
Photo by _Bleu_
Location: Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2023-02-26
Location: Belarus
Date: 2020-03-14
Spring in our garden

Date: 2020-03-14
Spring in our garden
Location: My Gardens
Date: April ‎02, ‎2014
Close Up View In Bright Sunlight
Location: Western Washington
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2017-04-06
Crocus, grouping of yellow crocuses ,since gone to the flower fie
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2008-03-18
clipart-fr
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2011-apr-2
Crocus,small grouping of blue crocus.
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2021-03-17
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Early Spring
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-03-23
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: March 2019
Planted by critters?
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-11

Photo courtesy of: Pam Brophy
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-03-23
Location: My Garden
Date: 2023-03-26
First crocus of the season!

Date: 2020-03-06
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2014-05-09

Date: 2019-02-02
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020-04-04 
Crocus, mixed grouping of crocus.
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-03-07
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-02-20
Location: Blaine TN
Date: 2012-02-13
Early spring
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2024-03-03
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-03-11

photo credit:  dr.larsbergmann
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2020-03-20
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 24, 2010
Very Close View
Location: Bronx NY
Date: 2017-02-25
First bloom of 2017.
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2022-03-17
Purple And Yellow Crocus 001
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-10
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2014-04-12
Crocus NOID
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Date: 2022-03-15
Location: KALAMA WA 
Date: 2022-03-15
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Solon , Ohio
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 25 April 2022

Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Glencoe, IL
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2024-03-03

Date: 2005-04-16
photo by: Don from USA
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 24, 2010
In Sunlight
Location: Abandon Home, West Fulton, NY
Date: 2017-04-14
Beauty Can Pop Up Anywhere

Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-25
White crocuses
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-13-12
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-04-27
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-13
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-03-11
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-03-11
Photo by JebobaTea

Date: 2015-03-12
Location: My Gardens
Date: March 29, 2010
Close Up View
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 24, 2010
In Full Sun

Date: 2020-03-01
Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2024-02-16
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-03-31
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-23
White crocus growing beside tree roots
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-02-04
Woodland crocuses
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-01-21
Forced indoors
Location: Bea's garden
Date: 2022

Date: 2015-03-09
Location: Hungary
Date: 2013-04-04

Date: 2007-02-08
Photo courtesy of: Penny Mayes
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-04
Photo by paulaf
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-01-30
Location: At Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-01-30
Location: At Sunriver Nursery, Orem Utah
Date: 2012-01-30
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-03-13

Date: 2022-03-10

Date: 2022-03-10
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-02-16
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-04-01
Crocuses bloom in Toronto.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-04-01
Crocuses bloom in Toronto.
Location: Belarus
Date: 2020-04-15
My garden

Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-09
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-09
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2016-03-11
Crocus NOID
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-11-01
Forced last year, outside planting this fall.
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Solon , Ohio
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: Solon , Ohio
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2021-03-27
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-03-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-01
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-03-31

Date: 2015-03-09

Date: 2005-10-16
Photo courtesy of: Ziegler175

Date: 2013-04-04
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-03-24
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-06
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-06
Location: Indiana  zone 5 Purdue garden
Date: 2016-09-25
Fall crocus blooming september
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-16-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-11
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-03-11
Two nice surprises for Spring.
Location: Zone 7A, NC, my garden
Date: 2012-02-01

Date: 2015-03-12
Location: London/Kent border, England, UK.
Date: 2012-02-20
Naturalised crocus.
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2016-04-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-10-14
Location: central Illinois
Date: Spring 2007
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-09
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-04-09
Photo by paulaf
Location: West Valley City, UT

Date: 2016-10-09
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-16
Location: Solon , Ohio
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-8-12
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-03-07
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-01-30

Date: 2015-03-09

Date: 2015-03-09

Date: 2015-03-09
Location: Tajikistan
Date: 2008-03-09
Photo courtesy of: Shukhrat Sabdiev
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2013-02-09
When the flowers are ready to bloom the weather is not a problem.

Date: 2012-09-02
Photo courtesy of: MomentsForZen
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-23
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-03-11
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-09-23
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-10-26
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-11

Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Sarah P Duke Gardens   Durham, North Carolina
Date: 2024-02-28
Photo by paulaf
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2014-03-17
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-25
Crocuses in landscape

Date: 2019-02-12
Location: Fairfax, VA | December, 2023
Date: 2023-12-16
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 22, 2013 10:23 PM concerning plant:
    "Approximately thirty of the species are cultivated. Cultivated varieties mainly represent five species: C. vernus, C. chrysanthus, C. flavus, C. sieberi and C. tommasinianus. Among the first flowers to bloom in spring, crocuses are popular with gardeners. Their flowering time varies from the late winter C. tommasinianus to the later large hybridized and selected Giant "Dutch crocuses" (C. vernus). Crocus flowers and leaves are protected from frost by a waxy cuticle; in areas where snow and frost occasionally occur in the early spring, it is not uncommon to see early-flowering crocus blooming through a light late snowfall.

    Most crocus species and hybrids should be planted in a sunny position, in gritty, well-drained soil, although a few prefer shadier sites in moist soil. Some are suitable for naturalising in grass. The corms should be planted about 3 to 4 cm deep; in heavy soils a quantity of sharp grit should be worked in to improve drainage.

    Some crocuses, especially C. tommasinianus and its selected forms and hybrids (such as 'Whitewell Purple' and 'Ruby Giant'), seed prolifically and are ideal for naturalising. They can, however, become weeds in rock gardens, where they will often appear in the middle of choice, mat-forming alpine plants and can be difficult to remove."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Feb 6, 2015 12:30 AM concerning plant:
    Most crocus can be forced over winter, the 'Dutch' (C. vernus) hybrids do best producing 2 or 3 large flowers per corm. Best forcers are largest available corms. Crocus need 15 weeks of cold (and dark) treatment (35 to 48 degrees) to force. Plant 8 to 10 about an inch deep .in a 6 inch pot with well draining soil. Check periodically to ensure the medium is evenly moist. After cold treatment, place pot strategically to view blooms that will appear in a couple weeks (best place is bright but cool, preferably around 60 -65 degrees). In my experience, the bloom is transitory but impressive. I have had success transplanting some into the garden for bloom in subsequent years after forcing.
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 7, 2013 5:25 PM concerning plant:
    Crocus blooms always mean spring to me. While it is true that each individual bloom is not very large or too spectacular, a carpet of crocus blooms is a stunning sight.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Beautiful Photo! by LindaTX8 Apr 7, 2012 1:22 PM 1
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