Crocus kotschyanus medium Flowers early with bright buttercup

Flowers early with bright buttercup waxy flowers

Easy and will self sow gently if happy

The flowers are violet with dark purple lines inside the floral tube

plus flower panicles

Crocus kotschyanus medium Flowers early with bright buttercupAutumn flowering, delicate, striated mauve crocus. Flowers before the leaves appear. Easy enough in garden conditions. From Central & Southern Turkey, NW. Syria, North & Central Lebanon so a preference for a drier summer. So perfect under shrubs as the roots stop it becoming too wet. The Pacific Bulb Society describe it as weedy. In some lights the flower colour approaches a delicate pink, and one can forgive a self seeder of such beauty. These bulbs