Crocus: Crocus medius

description for "Crocus: Crocus medius"

Crocus medius is a bright and showy species that blooms in October. Deep lavender-purple flowers have dark purple feathering from the center. The scarlet-red style is much forked and contrasts brilliantly with the other parts of the flower; its a prolific bloomer. Like colchicums, autumn flowering crocuses are delivered in late August and September. Plant your corms promptly so they'll have time to sprout and bloom later in October and November. The colorful flowers, so unexpected, always stand in sharp contrast against the browns and golds of autumn, renewing the gardener's forgotten memories of spring. --edited by dtd siegelgirl

History:

From the French and Italian Riviera regions.