Crocus serotinus
Late crocus
- Height × spread
- 0.1m – 0.1m × 0.1m – 0.1m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
Pretty autumn flowering crocus in lilac with attractive purple veining and golden yellow centre. It's a great addition to the garden for late season colour and food for the bees. Growing to around 10cm tall, it's best planted at the edge of a sunny border or on the patio in a pot.
- Flower colour
- Lilac, Mauve, White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.1m – 0.1m
- Spread
- 0.1m – 0.1m
- Season of interest
- Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- 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-Summer · Outdoors
Water during drought
Water plants in the ground regularly after a period of drought if still in growth (prefer to be dry when dormant). 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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