Crocus Species Botanical Mix Bulbs – Purple, Lavender, White & Yellow, Snow Crocus, Fall Planting

Crocus Species Botanical Mix is a handpicked collection of early-blooming Species Snow Crocus in a full, naturalistic range of purple, lavender, white, and yellow — the perfect variety to create a spontaneous, meadow-like tapestry of color wherever you plant them. Species Crocus bloom two weeks earlier than Dutch Hybrid types, delivering color in late winter when the garden needs it most. Excellent beneath mature trees, nestled under shrubs, spread through a woodland garden, or carpeting a lawn edge or walkway. A great naturalizer — corms multiply rapidly and build into ever-more-stunning drifts year after year.

Why Gardeners Love It

• Full color range — purple, lavender, white, and yellow in a naturalistic, varied mix
• Blooms 2 weeks earlier than Dutch Hybrid Crocus — the first flowers of spring
• Excellent naturalizer — multiplies rapidly for expanding drifts of color
• Thrives under trees, beneath shrubs, in lawn, and in woodland gardens
• Can also be forced indoors in pots for late-winter blooms
• Easy, low-maintenance, and fully hardy

Growing Details

• Type: Species Crocus (Snow Crocus Mix)
• Bloom colors: Purple, lavender, white, and yellow
• Bloom time: Late winter–very early spring (2 weeks before Dutch Crocus)
• Sunlight: Full sun to part shade (minimum 3–4 hours after trees leaf out)
• Soil: Well-drained; neutral to slightly alkaline preferred. Amend heavy soil with compost or peat moss.
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–8
• Planting depth: 3–5 inches (flat side down, pointed tip up)
• Spacing: 2–3 inches apart
• When to plant: Fall

Planting & Care

Scatter corms randomly for the most naturalistic effect. Plant flat side down, pointed tip up. Water thoroughly after planting. Fertilize with a slow-release bulb fertilizer in fall and again in early spring as foliage emerges — do not use bone meal, which attracts rodents. If naturalizing in lawn, do not mow until foliage has fully yellowed in late spring. First-year blooms may arrive slightly later than established bulbs — this is normal and resolves in subsequent years.

Forcing Indoors

Pot corms in moist soilless mix, chill at 40°F for 8–10 weeks, then move to a bright, cool room. Blooms appear in 2–5 weeks. Keep out of direct sunlight to extend bloom life and move to a cooler room at night to prolong the display.