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Crocus tommasinianus Barrs Purple - Early Crocus

Crocus tommasinianus Barr's Purple
Early Crocus, Woodland Crocus, Tommasini's Crocus

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A delightful botanical crocus with mauve-violet star-shaped flowers that are illuminated by a white tube and orange stamens. The flowers boast a charming silvery sheen on their undersides. This small bulbous plant blooms from the end of winter. It proves to be easy to grow in the sun or partial shade, in any well-drained soil. It will naturalise easily in borders and rockeries.  
Flower size
3 cm
Height at maturity
10 cm
Spread at maturity
10 cm
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -23°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Best planting time September to October
Recommended planting time January, September to December
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Description

Crocus tommasinianus 'Barr's Purple' is a variety of botanical crocus bearing mauve-violet flowers with a silvery underside. Its star-shaped flowers reveal a golden yellow stamen heart, with a very thin white tube at the base. They bloom from late winter, before the Dutch hybrid crocuses, announcing the return of spring. It is one of the easiest species to cultivate and naturalise in the garden, in lawns, meadows, beds and rockeries, even in dry and poor soil.

 

Crocus tommasinianus, also known as Thomas's Crocus, belongs to the Iridaceae family. It originates from Hungary, Croatia, former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro), and Bulgaria. This prolific plant forms significant colonies in upright tufts measuring 10 to 15cm (4 to 6in) in height. It has a rapid growth rate. The flowering takes place from February to March.

'Barr's Purple' bears delicate flowers, measuring 2 to 3.5cm (1in) in length. They are cup-shaped and open in a star pattern. They are mauve with a silver sheen on their undersides, with whiter areas inside the petals, down to the throat. The flower's heart is filled with yellow stamens grouped in a 'tube', with a white base. The flowers close at night and in bad weather, opening widely in the sun and even in partial shade. The foliage is deciduous, composed of fine, thick, linear leaves, which are single and alternate. They are a shiny medium green with a white-silver central band. The 'bulbs' here are corms. A corm is, in plant morphology, an underground reserve organ that looks like a bulb but is formed by a swollen stem surrounded by scales.

Crocus tommasinianus 'Barr's Purple' works wonders in a rockery, emerging from stones bleached by the sun, or adorning the edge of a winding path. It will also thrive on the edge of light undergrowth, along a hedge, planted en masse at the base of deciduous trees (lilac, mock orange, viburnums) with Anemone blanda and Cyclamen coum, or even in the middle of a lawn with winter aconites, snowdrops, or a carpet of violets, and of course, with other early-flowering crocuses. This crocus is suitable for planting in outdoor pots and can be used in green roofs.

Crocus roots can contract like a spring, allowing the plant to settle at its ideal depth.

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Crocus tommasinianus Barrs Purple - Early Crocus (Flowering) Flowering

Plant habit

Height at maturity 10 cm
Spread at maturity 10 cm
Growth rate normal

Flowering

Flower colour mauve
Flowering time February to March
Inflorescence Solitary
Flower size 3 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour dark green

Botanical data

Genus

Crocus

Species

tommasinianus

Cultivar

Barr's Purple

Family

Iridaceae

Other common names

Early Crocus, Woodland Crocus, Tommasini's Crocus

Origin

Central Europe

Product reference824721

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Planting and care

Plant the bulbs from September to December, in light soil, at a depth of 8cm (3in) and with a spacing of 5cm (2in), or in groups of three every 15 to 20cm (6 to 8in). It is best to leave the bulbs in place, where they will form increasingly floriferous clumps. They also work well in pots on a patio. They grow in light, humus-bearing and well-drained, neutral to alkaline soils, and prefer a sunny exposure where the corollas will fully open. It is also important to protect them from cold winds. The ideal substrate should be sandy-gravelly with a pH between 8 and 10. It can tolerate temperatures as low as -29°C (-20.2°F). It withstands summer drought. The plants have the best effect when planted in groups of 5 to 10 specimens. Once acclimatised and established, they multiply rapidly. Care should be taken not to cut the foliage before it turns yellow. Corms are susceptible to excess moisture, which can cause them to rot during their resting period. Rodents are fond of these corms, and snails and slugs feed on all aerial parts of the plant

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Planting period

Best planting time September to October
Recommended planting time January, September to December
Planting depth 8 cm

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -23°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 250 per m2
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, well-drained, lightweight

Care

Pruning No pruning necessary
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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