Crocus Ruby Giant Bulbs
£25.00
notes
With an abundance of slender bulbs, Crocus Ruby Giant is a delightful spring-flowering variety, that brings some opulent colour to a garden border. The deep purple petals delicately fade to a silvery white towards the centre. Perfect for planting in rockeries, terrace containers or naturalising in drifts upon the grass, where their sweet fragrance will attract pollinators.
Dimensions
Height & Spread: H: 8cm, W: 5cm
Features
notes
With an abundance of slender bulbs, Crocus Ruby Giant is a delightful spring-flowering variety, that brings some opulent colour to a garden border. The deep purple petals delicately fade to a silvery white towards the centre. Perfect for planting in rockeries, terrace containers or naturalising in drifts upon the grass, where their sweet fragrance will attract pollinators.
Details
- Flowers: February - March
- Hardy
Planting
- Well drained soil
- West, East or South aspects
- Full sun
- Planting Time and Depth: Autumn, 5cm deep in naturalistic drifts- for best effect plant 100-150 corms
Care
- Bulbs are toxic to pets or humans if ingested
- Corms are vulnerable to mice and squirrels
- If planted in lawns, do not mow for six weeks after they have flowered to allow the foliage to provide energy for the corms (for next year’s flowers)
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