Crocus

I don't have a garden so a cut flower garden for fresh indoor arrangements is my only option for Crocus. It absolutely works — with the right attention to adding grit to the planting hole in heavy clay soils you can get excellent results in containers. increasing clump size year on year when well e…

I planted Crocus at entirely the wrong point in the growing calendar and spent the first few months wondering what I'd done wrong. blindness with no flowers produced from weak or immature bulbs didn't help matters. Once I understood lifting and drying tender bulbs before autumn frosts things improve…

I planted Crocus without expecting much and it's become one of the most satisfying things in my garden. some of the earliest colour in the garden after winter is something I couldn't have predicted from looking at it in a nursery. You only understand it once the plant is established and performing. …

My first attempt at Crocus failed — narcissus fly larvae tunnelling into the base of the bulb got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to leaving foliage to die back natura…