C. goulimyi is a perennial with pink-lilac goblet shaped flowers with white throats in autumn.
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1-3 years to maturity |
Crocus speciosus (Bieberstein's crocus)
Other names: Large autumn crocus
C. speciosus is a small perennial, with solitary pale lavender coloured, goblet-shaped flowers, paler towards the centre, and conspicuous yellow stamens. Flowers emerge in autumn before the dark-green, linear leaves.
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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 |
Crocus banaticus (Byzantine crocus)
Other names: Iris-flowered crocus
C. banaticus has lilac to light purple flowers produced before the leaves.
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2-5 years to maturity |
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 |
Crocus ochroleucus (Straw coloured crocus)
C. ochroleucus is a perennial with white goblet-shaped flowers with yellow throats in autumn.
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0.15m max. height |
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1-3 years to maturity |
Other names: Saffron crocus, Blood of Thoth, St Valentine's rose
C. sativus is a tufted, cormous perennial with narrow, dull to dark green leaves and, borne with or shortly before the leaves in autumn, widely open, lilac-purple flowers with dark purple veins. The prominent red stigmas, once dried, are used in cooking as a seasoning and colour agent.
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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 |
Crocus cartwrightianus (Wild saffron)
Other names: Crocus sativus var. cartwrightianus
C. cartwrightianus is a perennial corm appearing in autumn or early winter. It has upright, grass-like, dark-green leaves, which surround solitary, pale purple, goblet-shaped flowers that have dark veins and conspicuous red stigmas.
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Crocus speciosus 'Conqueror' (Large autumn crocus 'Conqueror')
Other names: Bieberstein's crocus 'Conqueror'
'Conqueror' is a compact, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with linear to narrowly strap-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and goblet-shaped, deep blue flowers blooming in autumn before the leaves emerge.
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0.05m max. spread |
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0.15m 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 speciosus 'Cassiope' (Crocus speciosus 'Cassiope')
'Cassiope' is perennial with violet-blue goblet-shaped flowers in autumn.
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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 |
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