Crocus

I don't have a garden so a cut flower garden for fresh indoor arrangements is my only option for Crocus. It absolutely works — with the right attention to adding grit to the planting hole in heavy clay soils you can get excellent results in containers. increasing clump size year on year when well e…

Someone gave me Crocus as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was adding grit to the planting hole in heavy clay soils — once that clicked, the plant transformed…

My first attempt at Crocus failed — narcissus fly larvae tunnelling into the base of the bulb got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to leaving foliage to die back natura…

I planted Crocus without expecting much and it's become one of the most satisfying things in my garden. some of the earliest colour in the garden after winter is something I couldn't have predicted from looking at it in a nursery. You only understand it once the plant is established and performing. …