Crocus angustifolius (Cloth-of-gold crocus)
C. angustifolius has cherry, scented yellow flowers and narrow strap-like leaves.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Rosa 'Crocus Rose' (Shrub rose 'Crocus Rose')
Other names: Rose 'Crocus Rose', Austin rose 'Crocus Rose', David Austin rose
'Crocus Rose' is a repeat flowering, shrub rose with deep green leaves and slightly arching stems. It has robust, free flowering, full blooms of soft-apricot flowers produced in large clusters in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Crocus vernus 'Remembrance' (Dutch crocus 'Remembrance')
Other names: Crocus 'Remembrance', Giant crocus 'Remembrance'
'Remembrance' is a cormous perennial with linear, semi-erect, silver-striped, mid-green leaves and shiny, violet flowers in spring to early summer.
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0.05m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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1-3 years to maturity |
Crocus biflorus 'Miss Vain' (Cloth-of-silver 'Miss Vain')
Other names: Scotch crocus 'Miss Vain', Two-leaved crocus 'Miss Vain', Silvery crocus 'Miss Vain'
'Miss Vain' is a cormous perennial bearing linear, dark green leaves with a silvery, central stripe and, in late winter and early spring, fragrant, goblet-shaped, white flowers with pale blue bases and prominent, yellow-orange styles.
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0.05m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Malephora crocea (Coppery mesemb)
Other names: Red ice plant, Grey ice plant, Gray ice plant
M. crocea is a tender, mat-forming, woody-based, succulent, evergreen perennial, sometimes grown as an annual, forming a thick, gnarled stem with grey-brown branches bearing fleshy, blunt-tipped, mealy, white-frosted, sometimes purple-flushed, pale to grey-green leaves and daisy-like, yellow, orange, or red flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Oenanthe crocata (Hemlock water dropwort)
Other names: Balder root, Ban dock, Dead tongue, Hemlock dropwort, Hemlock wort, Water hemlock, Water dropwort
O. crocata is an erect, robust, moisture-loving, highly toxic, deciduous perennial with thick, sturdy, hollow stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into numerous triangular, toothed, grey-green leaflets and umbels of tiny, star-shaped, white flowers in summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Calathea crocata (Saffron-coloured calathea)
Other names: Eternal flame
C. crocata is a tender, evergreen perennial for indoor use. It forms clumps of large, elliptic, dark-green leaves with wavy margins and red undersides. Flowers, if produced, are red or orange, small and arranged in spikes.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Romulea tetragona (Sand crocus)
R. tetragona is a borderline hardy, clump-forming, cormous, evergreen perennial with linear, dark green leaves and, in summer, star- or funnel-shaped, magenta to deep pink flowers, boldly patterned on the reverse.
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0.05m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Tragopogon porrifolius (Salsify)
Other names: Jerusalem star, Oyster plant, Oyster root, Purple goat's beard, Vegetable oyster, Crocus-leaved goatsbeard, Grassleaf goatsbeard
T. porrifolius is a biennial with an edible taproot, rosettes of erect, primarily unbranched stems bearing linear, grass-like, mid- to blue-green leaves and, in summer, purple flowerheads surrounded by long, prominent green bracts.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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