General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Crocus sativus
  • Common Names- Saffron crocus, or Autumn crocus
  • Spread- 3 inches**
  • Height- 12 inches**
  • Average Production- 6-12 flowers per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 55-80 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil-  Well-drained or very gritty and free-draining soil
  • Soil pH- 6.0-7.0
  • Soil Moisture- 10%
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun/Partial Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Fall and early Winter (September and October)
  • Temperature range- 15-25 Celsius

Tips to Grow Crocus

  1. Arrange good quality crocus corms/bulbs.
  2. The soil should be evenly moist, but not wet or soggy. You can mix in compost and peat moss for best results which will help give good moisture retention and straight, smooth roots.
  3. Plant crocus corms/bulbs 3 to 4 inches deep. Plant a few inches apart, and plant in groups of 10 in a pot.
  4. We can add compost and can spread Mulch lightly around the plants before winter for better growth.
  5. In late February, remove mulches from snowdrops and crocuses so the shoots can come through.
  6. Harvest the saffron strands by removing the long, bright orange-red stigmas from the center of the flowers using tweezers. Each flower produces just three stigmas, so harvest them carefully.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

Flowers