Crocus
- Botanical Name
- Crocus vernus
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 6 inches
- Flowers
- Early spring: white, purple, yellow, striped
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Use in rock and perennial gardens, around trees and shrubs and in lawns
- Problems
- Squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and voles
- Varieties
- Crocus chrysanthus - orange flowered and earlier than C. vernus.
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