Seed to flower

[Diane Whitehead]

I have pots of crocus seedlings from the 2018 Crocus Group list.

None has flowered yet.  How long does it usually take?

Diane

[Guff]

Crocus tommasinianus can flowering in the third Spring. First Spring, would be when they put up a leaf for the first time.

Vernus types take longer, 5+ Springs.

[Diane Whitehead]

These are various species:  matthewii, robertianus, veluchensis and lots more.

[Leena]

I agree that C.tommasinianus is quite fast, 3-4 years here. C.veluchensis hasn't flowered yet and it was sown 2019.
C.abantensis was sown the same year, and the ones I planted outside two years ago, are flowering, another pot outside vanished, and two pots in the greenhouse haven't flowered yet.
Perhaps I don't fertilize them enough in pots, and in the ground they get more nutrients, though also it is riskier (because of winters).

[Maggi Young]

Diane, for any species, three years is good, most will take four or five years  to flower. Where there's life - there's hope!