- Eventual Height: 0.08m
- Eventual Spread: 0.05m
Crocus Special Offers
Crocus
'Blue Pearl'
crocus bulbs
|
size: 25 bulbs
| |
available
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
- Position: full sun
- Soil: gritty, poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: February and March
- Flower colour:pale lilac-blue
- Other features: slender, strap-shaped, grey-green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Bulb size: 5/7
Yellow-throated, white flowers with soft, silvery, lilac-blue outer petals in February and March. The flowers are framed by slender, strap-shaped, grey-green leaves. These spring-flowering bulbs are versatile and easy-to-grow. They are suitable for naturalising in grass or planting in sunny areas of a rock garden or shrub border. They need well-drained soils and prefer dry summers.
- Garden care: Plant bulbs in tight clusters to form naturalistic drifts 10cm deep where they can be left undisturbed for several years. Keep a look out for mice or squirrel damage. This can sometimes be avoided by laying a piece of chicken wire over the bulbs before you cover them with soil. If you are growing these in grass, avoid mowing it until the leaves have completely died back.
- Eventual Height: 0.08m
- Eventual Spread: 0.05m
Crocus 'Blue Pearl' - crocus bulbs
Silvery mauve goblets in late winter