{"id":10862,"date":"2017-03-25T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T09:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T14:46:22","slug":"best-crocus-buying-cultivation-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/best-crocus-buying-cultivation-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocus Buying &#038; Cultivation Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Croci? by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4444666269\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2199\/4444666269_ac03b4ef27.jpg\" alt=\"Croci?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Crocus Cultivation Tips<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow foliage to die back. Do not tie foliage because it weakens the bulb and flowers for next year.<\/li>\n<li>A little bonemeal in spring will help build up corms and bulbs for next year.<\/li>\n<li>Crocus often like a rather heavy but well drained soil. Enrich sandy soil with leafmould.<\/li>\n<li>If troubled with mice or squirrels eating corms, place wire netting just below the soil surface.<\/li>\n<li>Bring a pot of Crocus into the house when the first buds show and keep in a light cool spot.<\/li>\n<li>Allow species crocus to self seed to increase your display in years to come.<\/li>\n<li>Suspend black cotton over the buds to stop them being attacked by birds.<\/li>\n<li>After the foliage fades Crocus can be lifted and split every 4-5 years to avoid over crowding. Leave them be if they are<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/design\/naturalised-crocus-growing-bulbs-in-grass\/\"> naturalised<\/a> under grass.<\/li>\n<li>Mulch with garden compost only sparingly 5cm deep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Types of Crocus<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Colchium Autumnale Album by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6166152279\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6179\/6166152279_31f24a0a1b.jpg\" alt=\"Colchium Autumnale Album\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autumn Crocus\u00c2\u00a0 flower before the leaves and are also sold as <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/autumn-crocus-naked-ladies\/\">Colchium<\/a>. If autumn is dry water the corms.<\/li>\n<li>Crocus vernalis tend to have larger bulbs and spring blooms.<\/li>\n<li>Crocus chrysanthus like sun or light dappled shade and a lighter soil.<\/li>\n<li>Species Crocus <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/crocus-tommasinianus-ruby-giant-pound-shop\/\">Tommasinianus<\/a>, C.sativus, C. angustifolius C. biflorus, C. korolkowii and C. olivieri will grow well under a late leafing shrub.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"ledsham naturalised crocus \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5473715440\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5173\/5473715440_c3844d6a19.jpg\" alt=\"ledsham crocus\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Buying Hints and Advice<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy firm plump bulbs.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid bulbs that are in the least bit soft.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid bulbs which are already sprouted and showing green.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid any bulbs that show signs of fungus, spots, rot or mould.<\/li>\n<li>Buy as soon as Crocus become available and plant September-November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"crocus pickwick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5485794639\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5171\/5485794639_1c1d7bc8a5.jpg\" alt=\"crocus\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have just planted 100+ crocus around a new Paperbark Acer and a similar number in a variety of pots and containers. When the containers have flowered the crocus will be fertilised and planted out.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/crocus-photos\/\">other photos<\/a><br \/>\nBulb: A Hand-Picked Selection of the World&#8217;s Most Beautiful Bulbs <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1845334159\/richardpettin-21\">by Anna Pavord<\/a> is a personal selection and authoritative guide to the most gorgeous bulbs on the earth.<br \/>\nAnna Pavord, world-famous author of &#8220;The Tulip&#8221;, writes charmingly about her favourite subject from Acis to Zigadenus via Tulip and Crocus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular crocus are easy to grow but do better if you follow these simple tips. In pots, beds, rockeries or naturalised in grass Crocus pay their way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}