Details
- Flowering Time
- February
- March
- Planting Time
- September
- October
- November
- Growing
- Hardy
- Perennial
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Plants for Pollinators
- Perfect For
- Naturalising
- Flowering Height
- 10 cm
- Bulb Size
- 5-6/+ cm
- Colour
- Purples & Mauves
Spring Flowering Crocus Tommasinianus
C2134
Description
One of the finest Crocus for naturalising, tommasinianus produces glowing sapphire-lavender blooms between February and March each year.
This award-winning Crocus has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society and is one of the first Crocus varieties to flower in late winter, sometimes miraculously emerging from a bed of snow.
Plant the bulbs in large groups to flower as a carpet of colour, attracting pollinators who are drawn to the goblet-like, lustrous flowers and golden stamens within.
Ideal for rockeries, borders, containers and open grassy areas where they will multiply best when left undisturbed.
Care Guide
Corms should be planted about 8cm (3”) deep in any good fertile garden soil. The winter and spring-flowering species are well suited to the rock garden or the front of borders, and the later Dutch varieties for groups, edging borders or naturalising.
For the best results, plant 8-10cm (3-4”) deep, 5cm (2”) apart, and leave undisturbed. Croci are suitable for a pot or bowl culture, with the exception of large-flowered Yellow Crocus, and may also be grown in pebbles and water. It is important to remember that they must not be forced too hard, as too much heat or dryness in the atmosphere will lead to excess of leaf and no flower.
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