Crocus kotschyanus medium late spring flowering with rich

late spring flowering with rich purple flowers

The white and yellow flowers are composite and daisy like

Information from “Bring the Mediterraneaninto your garden” by Olivier Filippi

Moisture good drainage

may work in paving cracks

Crocus kotschyanus medium late spring flowering with richAutumn 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