Crocus April

[ashley]

Crocus nevadensis   

Eastern Sierra Nevada, 2100-2500 m, last week
Mostly single plants rather than clumps, showing only slight colour variation

[Anthony Darby]

A lovely sight.

[Guff]

Seems I never did post the link to the video I took of my coum and crocus bed. Put on 360 or higher for good video

[Maggi Young]

Seems I never did post the link to the video I took of my coum and crocus bed.

Now that is a cheerful sight - and see how many happy pollinators there are flying!

[Guff]

It did turn out nice, was very pretty. I did lose a lot of my flowering size coum, now there are thousands of coum seedlings all over the bed.

I did start on my grass bank last summer. This summer I didn't have time to plant any bulbs, but I did dig more holes. Where it says crocus planted they were planted last summer. Was going to dig holes on the whole bank, but winter is closing in so I don't think I will get to it. Next summer I will plant the crocus seedling bulbs.

[Guff]

Thomas you just sprinkle/toss the crocus seeds in the grass and they will grow? I may have to try that, in a flat grass area. Would save a lot of work and time. I suppose it takes them longer to get to flowering size when they have to pull themselves down into the soil?

[Guff]

Think I'm going to rake my smaller section of grass bank with a hard steel rake to make grooves in the grass/dirt, then sprinkle the seeds. Then put down some dirt/compost so the seeds don't get washed away. Going to try this come summer.

[Thomas Huber]

Thomas you just sprinkle/toss the crocus seeds in the grass and they will grow? I may have to try that, in a flat grass area. Would save a lot of work and time. I suppose it takes them longer to get to flowering size when they have to pull themselves down into the soil?

Yes, you're right - it takes 4 or 5 years until the corms reach flowering size.
But it's much easier to handle... 

[Great Moravian]

A white-flowered mutation of 'Ruby Giant' in my culture. The latter certainly doesn't belong to
Crocus tomassinianus as generally claimed, but tho the heuffelianus - vernus alliance.
'Ruby Giant' left, Crocus heuffelianus var. scepusiensis right.