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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Dutch Crocus
  • Spring Crocus
  • Crocus

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2019-03-12
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2016-07-19

Date: 2021-02-21
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26

Date: 2005-03-09
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2016-02-21
1:49 pm. Pure white to begin, the clear lilac opens out. (And two

Date: 2009-03-19
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-05
Crocus 'Vanguard' nearing the end of its bloom.

photo by ghislain118

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