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Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant' is a splendid little herald of spring, opening early with rich purple cups that soften elegantly to a paler base. Tucked into short grass, threaded beneath deciduous shrubs, or arranged in pots by the front door, it lends a quietly luxurious lift just when the garden most needs it.
A dependable tommasinianus crocus, it settles in happily and, in time, forms pleasing drifts—ideal for naturalistic planting where you’d like the display to feel effortless and established.
- Colour: Purple with softer, paler base tones
- Best use: Naturalising in lawns & meadows, under shrubs, or in pots and containers
- Flowering: February to March
- Growing skill: Easy
Crocus sativus is the saffron crocus: a quietly luxurious little autumn-flowering corm, bringing soft lilac, goblet-shaped blooms just as the garden begins to mellow. Look closely and you’ll find the signature crimson-red stigmas at the heart of each flower, picked out with warm golden tones—an exquisite detail at close quarters.
Neat, clump-forming and only 10cm tall, it is perfectly suited to pots by the door, gravel gardens, rockeries, and warm borders where drainage is assured. Give it sun and shelter, and it will settle in handsomely, returning as a fully hardy perennial and offering welcome late-season interest for pollinators.
- Autumn colour, refined scale—ideal for containers and front-of-border planting
- Best in sun with free-draining soil for crisp, healthy growth
- Distinctive floral detail—lilac petals with red and yellow accents
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Crocus 'Jeanne d'Arc' is a quietly elegant early-spring crocus, prized for its generously sized, goblet-shaped blooms in crisp white, gently shaded with purple at the base. Each flower is finished with vivid orange, delicately frilled stigmas—an exquisite detail at the very start of the season.
Plant the corms in autumn for a refined display in pots, borders and rockeries, or let them drift naturally through grass for a fresh, meadow-like look. Fully hardy and pleasingly straightforward, it returns year after year, building into neat clumps over time.
Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Pearl' is a beautifully refined early crocus, opening in cool pearl-blue tones with a crisp, pale centre. Small in stature yet wonderfully effective, it is just the thing for threading through lawns, skimming the front of borders, or finishing a pot display with a calm, considered flourish.
Plant in autumn and allow the corms to settle; by late winter into early spring, this little classic brings a fresh lift when the garden most appreciates it. Particularly charming when planted in generous drifts for a natural, unforced look.
- Colour: White with pale blue-lilac
- Flower shape: Cup Shaped
- Best for: Naturalising in grass, rock gardens, containers, and the front of borders
- Pollinator friendly: Yes
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Crocus tommasinianus is one of the most graceful ways to welcome spring. Its lilac-to-rich purple goblet flowers open neatly above slender stems just as the first narrow leaves appear, creating a light, natural-looking display that sits beautifully in lawns, borders and pots.
Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; it will return each year with quiet reliability, offering early colour at ground level and a welcome source of interest in late winter and early spring.
- Colour: Purple (lilac to rich purple tones)
- Best for: Lawns & naturalising, borders, containers, rock gardens, under deciduous trees
- Style: Refined, naturalistic drifts with a delicate, early-season presence
Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Bird' is a quietly exquisite early-spring crocus: pristine white, goblet-shaped flowers with confident violet streaking to the outer petals, finished with a neat yellow eye. It slips beautifully through lawns and gravel, and is just as poised at the very front of a border or in small pots by the door.
Compact and clump-forming, it returns year after year and is especially charming when planted generously for a natural, painterly effect.
- Flower colour: White with pale purple and yellow accents
- Form: Goblet
- Best for: Lawns & naturalising, rockeries & gravel, borders & beds, pots & containers
- Pollinator friendly: Yes
- Growing skill: Easy
Crocus vernus 'Grand Maitre' is an early spring classic, opening in rich lilac-purple with a deeper purple base and a warm golden centre. It is precisely the sort of small luxury that makes March feel optimistic again—especially when planted in generous drifts through grass, or displayed in pots by the front door where it can be enjoyed at close quarters.
These large-flowering crocus are naturally neat and well-mannered, forming tidy clumps and returning year after year. Plant in autumn and allow them to settle; by their second season they reward with a more confident show.
- Colour: Purple with yellow centre
- Best for: Naturalising in lawns, pots & containers, rockeries and the very front of the border
- Pollinator friendly: Yes
Crocus 'Aqua' is a refined, early-spring crocus in violet-purple with warm orange centres—just the thing for threading through lawns, gravel and the very front of the border when the garden is beginning to stir again.
Neat, goblet-shaped blooms sit above green foliage marked with a silvery stripe, forming tidy clumps that look particularly smart in pots by the door, scattered through a rockery, or allowed to naturalise beneath deciduous trees.
- Colour: Violet-purple with orange centers
- Best for: Naturalising in lawns, rockery & gravel gardens, pots & containers, and front-of-border detail
- Season: Plant in autumn for flowers from late winter into spring
- Growing level: Easy, fully hardy, and reliably perennial
