Flowering Time |
Autumn |
Distribution |
SW France; N & E Spain |
Native Climate |
Warm summer (with rain from storms). Cool moist winter |
Wild Habitat |
Moist meadows up to 2000m |
Distinctive Features |
Long tubed purple flower. Corm tunic papery becoming fibrous with age. Produces stolons |
Closest Relatives |
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Cultivation Requirements |
Well drained position in soil that does not dry out completely in summer. Naturalised in a number of places in the UK |
Availability |
Widely available from specialist bulb suppliers. Easily raised from seed sometimes available in specialist/society lists |
Flowering before the leaves, this is a good plant for growing in grass, there is a good display each autumn in the alpine lawn at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley, (UK). The flowers stand up to the weather much better than the widely available Crocus speciosus.
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