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Crocus- (Crocus)
Crocus chrysanthus
'Cream Beauty' |
All the Crocus species and hybrids can be grown in the rock garden.
Goblet-shaped flowers appear in many colors- bronze, white, and blue as well
as the too familiar purple or yellow. Several types are described below,
and the ones recommended for the rockery are not large-flowered Crocuses
seen everywhere in spring.
VARIETIES:
There
are three basic groups. The favorite ones for the rock garden are the Winter
Flowering species, planted in September and blooming in February. All
are small 3-4 in. high and include
C.
imperati
(Striped
white and purple),
C.
susianus
(the Cloth of Gold Crocus wth bronze and golden petals) and
C.
chrysanthus with its host of hybrids. The Spring Flowering Dutch hybrids
grow about 5 in. high and bloom in March and April. Scores of varieties are
available in a wide range of colors. August and Ocotber, offer a much more
restricted choice.
C.
speciosus varieties are the most popular, producing attractive flowers in
white, lilac or
purple.
SITE
& SOIL: Any well-drained soil in sun or light shade.
PROPAGATION:
Divide overcrowded clumps in autumn
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