| Scientific Name: | Crocus chrysanthus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | snow crocus, golden crocus |
| Family Name: | Iridaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Filiform, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Apr-May |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, linear-filiform, most 10-18cm long x 1-3mm wide, die back in spring as the plant goes dormant until the fall; flowers (>1 per corm) open Feb-Mar (about 2 weeks before those of <a href ="https://www.google.com/search?q=Crocus+vernus" target="_blank">Dutch crocus</a>). | |