Below is our palette of crocuses which will be available in the autumn of this year. These will be available in September and October, ready to be planted ASAP. Later (in the spring), they will be only available in pots to guarantee that you get blooms.
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Crocuses in general will bloom in early spring just after the snowdrops (galanthus), which for us on Vancouver Island is around February. They naturalize readily, and will return year after year.
This cheerful yellow bloom sports a black stripe like a racing bumblebee. It bunches and naturalizes over time. Earliest to bloom of the crocuses. Deer resistant. 4-6″ tall.
10 / $4.50
This unique snow crocus, in a rare shade of orange with a contrasting purple-to-brown flame, offers a fabulous spring welcome on dreary winter days. Much loved by bees, this naturalizing beauty is easy to grow in the garden or in containers. 4-6”
5 / $4.00
Creamy white flowers with yellow hearts. It bunches and naturalizes over time. Earliest to bloom of the crocuses. Deer resistant. 4-6″ tall.
10 / $6.50
Large white blooms traced through with fine dark purple stripes. Deer resistant. 4″ tall.
10 / $6.50
Vigorous, Crocus tommasinianus ‘Whitewell Purple’ features elegant, slender-petalled, purple flowers adorned with silvery mauve inside and bright orange anthers. The grass-like foliage displays narrow, median silvery stripes. Borne on sturdy stems, the blooms withstand wind and rain. A member of the “Tommies” subspecies, that are renowned for their profuse flowering and spontaneous self-propagation making this crocus a very great choice for naturalizing. Once the corms of ‘Whitewell Purple’ have established themselves, their flowers will emerge year after year in seemingly infinite numbers. This early spring-flowering crocus is one of the best for naturalizing in grass. 3-4”
20 / $7.50
Autumn Blooming Crocuses
These are unique amongst crocuses – many of them feature pale stems that make them seem almost like ethereal mushrooms rising out of the dirt. The famous saffron crocus is also fall blooming.
The true saffron crocus, this is a fall-blooming flower which produces the famous saffron from the long and vivid crimson stigma. Deer resistant. 4″ tall. Fall blooming.
10 / $6.50