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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: grass like
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Other: may be forced
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Dutch Crocus
  • Crocus
  • Spring Crocus
Also sold as:
  • Joan of Arc

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr
Date: 2017-03-09
Invaluable for early bees
Location: RHS Harlow Carr
Date: 2017-03-09
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-15

Date: 2021-04-04
Dutch Crocus (Crocus vernus 'Jeanne d'Arc').
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2024-03-12
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: 2022-04-01
Photo by gemini_sage

Date: 12.3.2020
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2016-03-31
11:13 am. Look for the purple, on the stem below the blossom.
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-15
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-11
Location: Fairfax VA | February 2023
Date: 2023-02-10
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-11
Location: My Garden of Good and Evil
Date: 2023-03-11

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo by gemini_sage

Date: 2005-03-18

Date: 2005-04-03

photo by ghislain118
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-9-12
Location: my garden, Poland
Date: 2018-04-07

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo by gemini_sage

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2010-03-22
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