Crocus speciosus
Showy crocus
- Height × spread
- 0.15m – 0.15m × 0.1m – 0.1m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
Delightful autumn flowering crocus in lilac blue with purple veining and an orange centre. It's valued for bringing colour to the garden from September to November and a welcome feast for the bees after the summer has gone. Growing to around 15cm tall, it's best planted at the edge of a sunny border, in a pot or drifts through the lawns.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Mauve
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Oval
- Height
- 0.15m – 0.15m
- Spread
- 0.1m – 0.1m
- Season of interest
- Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Wild flower meadow, Gravel garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn - early · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertliser in early autumn if the planting location is not rich in organic matter. If the soil is rich, no additional feeding is required.
Autumn - mid · Planting
Divide while dormant
Clumps of bulbs, corms or rhizomes can be divided when the plant is dormant. The divided bulbs or corms can immediately be replanted at a little distance from each other, or moved to other locations.
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Planting & general
Compost · Planting
Houseplant compost for repotting
Repot using any good quality house plant compost.
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