Crocus tommasinianus 'Whitewell Purple'
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
The tommasinianus crocus are the wonderful, generous ones which scatter themselves from a handful of bulbs over your lawn in just a few years
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- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- February - March
- Height
- 15cm (6in)
- Common name
- Early Crocus
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Cultivation
- Dig a hole 4 times as deep as the bulb is high, the deeper the better as this will make stronger plants less likely to snap and more reliably perennial. Position on a bed of grit, on their side and backfill with plenty of grit to aid drainage.
Care Tips
Can be naturalized easily in grass but wait until the foliage has died down in June to cut the grass.
Flowering Time
February - March