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)
Plant Height: 4-6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Spring Crocus
  • Dutch Crocus
  • Species Crocus
  • Crocus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crocus vernus
  • Synonym: Crocus vernus subsp. albiflorus

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Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2024)
Date: March 4, 2024
Spring Crocus #186 nn; LHB p. 267-37-1-10; MBG, "Genus name comes
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2023)
Date: March 6, 2023
Spring Crocus #186 nn; LHB p. 267-37-1-10; MBG, "Genus name comes

Date: 2022-03-18
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2024)
Date: March 4, 2024
Spring Crocus #186 nn; LHB p. 267-37-1-10; MBG, "Genus name comes
Location: February 2023 | Meadowlark Botanical Garden (VA)
Date: 2023-02-20

Date: 2022-03-16

Date: 2022-03-18
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Date: 2018-03-11
Uploaded by ge1836

Date: c. 1869
illustration from 'English Botany', vol. 9, 1869
Location: Swanton Vermont
Date: 2023
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2010-02-27

photo by ghislain118
Uploaded by Lioba

credit: Bernd Haynold
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-11

Date: March
credit: Mihael Simonič
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Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Dec 2, 2013 4:21 PM concerning plant:
    I have fond memories of these jolly plants popping up through the snow in my Mom's front lawn. I don't remember that she bothered to let the foliage age naturally, my guess is Dad just mowed over them as he mowed the grass.
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