Crocus
Crocus vernus
Zones 3–8bulb6" tall🐝 pollinator
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Peak bloom: March
How to plant
Plant corms in fall 3 inches deep. First color of the year — plant in drifts of 50+.
- Sunlight
- full sun, part sun
- Spacing
- 3" between plants
- Mature height
- 6"
- Row placement
- front of bed
From authoritative sources
Aggregated from USA National Phenology Network.
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