Heirloom Crocus Bulbs

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WHY GROW CROCUS? There’s always room for crocus! You can squeeze hundreds into empty scraps of space. They bloom when you’re hungriest for flowers. They multiply quickly. And their thin, wispy foliage disappears quickly.

CROCUS HISTORY – Native from Spain to Afghanistan, crocus have been cherished in gardens since at least the 1500s. Learn more.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS – Though they love sun, crocus can thrive in light shade under trees, shrubs, and perennials, and even in the lawn sometimes. Learn more.

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CROCUS TAPESTRY Web-Only & Sampler

Herald the new year’s renaissance with this tapestry of purple, white, lavender, gold, and striped crocus. You’ll get 25 corms – 5 each of 5 of our gems – all individually labeled. For zones 4-7bS/8bWC.

For 2, 3, or more of each, order additional samplers.

COF27 Add to basket: 1/$17.50 2/$33.50 3/$48 4/$61.50 5/$75.50

C. angustifolius, CLOTH OF GOLD, 1587

Once known as the “Turkey crocus,” this small, early, vigorously multiplying charmer was grown in gardens by 1587 and appears in virtually every bulb catalog of the 1800s. Bees flock to it. Zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR01 Add to basket: 5/$12.75 10/$24 25/$55 50/$102 100/$189

JEANNE D’ARC, 1943 Web-Only & New

This multiple award – winning crocus is both vigorous and beautiful – a white so pure and luminous that it seems the embodiment of spring’s miraculous rebirth. C. vernus , zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR19 Add to basket: 10/$7 25/$16 50/$30 100/$56 250/$126

KING OF THE STRIPED, 1880 Web-Only

This long-loved Victorian king combines mostly striped petals with mostly purple ones for a look that’s charmingly imperfect, like your grandmother’s patchwork quilt. C. vernus, zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR20 Add to basket: 10/$7.75 25/$18 50/$33.50 100/$62 250/$140

MAMMOTH YELLOW, 1665 Web-Only

Gotta have it! This is the most popular crocus of the past 300 years, a vibrant orange-yellow, like molten sun. C. x luteus, zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR05 Add to basket: 10/$7 25/$16 50/$30 100/$56 250/$126

NEGRO BOY, 1910

Its name may be a troubling anachronism, but this old crocus is too special to let go extinct. It’s the world’s deepest, darkest crocus, with midnight purple petals set off by a heart of gold and a tiny edging of silver. All but lost, it was preserved by one far-sighted collector in Latvia. C. vernus, zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR30 Add to basket: 10/$12.50 25/$29 50/$54 100/$100 250/$225

PAULUS POTTER, 1920 Rarest

“Ruby-purple,” says Roy Genders. “Almost magenta,” says E.A. Bowles. “Splendid!” says Louise Beebe Wilder. This vibrant, vanishing jewel – lost to us for years but now back thanks to one determined Dutch grower – is the rosiest purple of all the traditional crocus. (To add to its pleasures, learn about the painter it’s named for.) C. vernus, zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare. Last offered web-only in 2012. Although we hope to offer this rarity again in 2013, availability can’t be confirmed until June. Please check back then or subscribe to our email newsletter.

PETER PAN, 1943 Rarest

When ‘Snowbunting’ fades, this magic boy takes over, extending the season’s sparkle. Pair it with‘Negro Boy’ for a dramatic “Ebony and Ivory.” C. vernus, zones 4-7bS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare. Although counterfeits are widely offered, true stock of this treasure has become very hard to get. If we can, we’ll offer it again in 2013 and announce it in our email newsletter.

C. tommasinianus PICTUS, 1914 Web-Only

Add some zing to your spring with this jewel-box crocus. Its soft lavender petals are tipped with deep purple for a glittering, almost polka-dotted effect. It’s not cheap, but it may be our most exciting crocus, and it self-sows happily! Zones 5b-8aS/8bWC, from Holland. Chart to compare.

CR14 Add to basket: 3/$11.75 5/$18.50 10/$35 25/$79.50 50/$147

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