Flowering Time |
Spring |
Distribution |
Corsica |
Native Climate |
Mediterranean |
Wild Habitat |
Rocky hillsides, in scrub |
Distinctive Features |
Bright lilac flowers with creamy yellowish outer petals veined or feathered with purple. Red style branches |
Closest Relatives |
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Cultivation Requirements |
Cool moist winter, warm dryish summer. (Will grow in southern UK gardens, given well drained soil) |
Availability |
Widely offered by specialist bulb suppliers |
Very attractive and straightforward plant with the added bonus of a honey scent (in at least one widely cultivated clone). Closely related to Crocus minimus which often has a much larger purple stain on the outer petals and petals of a slightly different shape.
The form available in commerce in the UK is a clone which increases well and is tolerant of garden conditions in the drier southern parts of the UK.
Some of the variation in seen in wild populations.
Fibrous corm tunics, finely reticulated (netted) near the base.
A form raised from wild collected seed
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