Spreading the love ~ Crocus style
Amazing, that the Crocus Flower have already bloomed and letting us know to get ready for the next show – TULIPS!!!
But if you are like me and love seeing these gorgeous blooms pop up throughout the entire garden over the month of March, you might want to read more about how I have spread the love of this flower. Originally, I started with just a few of each color (yellow, white and purple) along one boarder of my garden. In just a few short years, I have managed to turn these couple of plants into a glorious show of colors throughout the entire garden. If you live in the Northwest, you are probably seeing the beginning of your crocus blooms beginning to show the end of their bloom cycle. Since my garden is so young – I have yet to allow these beauties take over as certain sections of the gardens. I am still allowing one bulb “here and there”. If they came sprouted in a funny place or with several blooms, for the past couple years, I dig them up about this time of year and put them where I need more color.
I like digging up crocus bulbs while I still know the color and where I haven’t previously planted them.
The process is simple. Just find a clump of crocus blooms that have several blooms – showing the beginning stage of wilting. Dig deeper than you should to be sure to up the entire batch of Crocus in front of you. Crocus flowers grow from a “Corm”. The corm is a swollen root system. This system stores nutrients that contain everything the plant will need to bloom the following year.
After digging up several clusters of crocus bulbs ~ I carefully pull them apart separating the bulbs individually.
Once separated dig your hole about two inches beneath the soil. Be sure to plant the the bulbs in a well drained and full sun garden bed. Space each new planting at least four to six inches apart. It may take one to two years to see a bloom on your new crocus plant.
Dividing and replanting the Crocus plants every two to three years will keep your crocus plants healthy and give you additional plants (and color) throughout your gardens!
Soon, you will be enjoying crocus blooms everywhere! But do watch out for those pesky squirrels, they do like to dig up newly planted crocus bulbs ~ but once established they seem to leave them alone! But deer on the other hand will leave these beautiful blooms alone!
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Comments
I had them in Illinois but here
in hot Florida they will not
grow... boohoo!
My Gardenia and Day Lilly's
are blooming.
Happy Spring
Sandy
Dee
So happy to have spring gardening back!
~Chris
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