• Eventual Height: 0.08m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.05m
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Crocus chrysanthus 'Ladykiller'

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size: 10 bulbs   available    

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  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: gritty, poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: February and March
  • Flower colour: white with purple-splashed outer petals
  • Other features: slender, strap-shaped, mid-green leaves
  • Hardiness: fully hardy
  • Bulb size: 5/7

    Fragrant, white, goblet-shaped flowers with purple-splashed outer petals appear in February and March above the slender, strap-shaped leaves. This beautiful, bi-coloured crocus is perfect for naturalising in sunny, well-drained areas of a shrub border or lawn. For maximum impact plant in bold, naturalistic drifts in gritty, well-drained soil, where they will get plenty of sun.

  • Garden care: Plant bulbs in naturalistic drifts 10cm (4in) deep in September or October.

  • Eventual Height: 0.08m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.05m
Crocus chrysanthus 'Ladykiller' - species crocus bulbs White flowers with deep purple outer petals