Crocus Speciosus

The elegant, goblet-shaped blooms of Crocus speciosus are violet blue to mauve. This is the easiest to naturalize, most floriferous, and least expensive of the fall Crocus. Plant by the hundreds for lovely pools of rich, glowing color. Heirloom, 1800.

Perhaps because the sun is so low in the sky after the autumn equinox, the blooms of fall Crocus positively glow in the landscape. They appear between September and January (depending on your climate) on stems 3–6″ tall and have the same refined goblet-shaped flowers of their spring cousins.

We ship fall Crocus in September. The bulbs must be planted right away so they may go about the business of rooting. Fall Crocus grow best in a sunny, protected site.

For more information on Crocus care, click Growing Guide.