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Crocus Pages by Tony Goode
Species Crocus species

Crocus medius

Flowering Time

Autumn

Distribution

NW Italy; SE France

Native Climate

Mediterranean

Wild Habitat

Mountain meadows, pastures.   Woodland

Distinctive Features

Lilac/Purple flower, scarlet style branches. Corm tunic netted fibres

Closest Relatives

Crocus nudiflorus;   Crocus serotinus;

Crocus longiflorus

Cultivation Requirements

Tolerant of summer moisture given a well drained site.   Grown outside in UK gardens without protection

Availability

Widely available from specialist bulb suppliers*

*It is thought that some (?all) commercial stocks carry virus.   Plants often produce flowers which are distorted and streaked as if infected by a virus.   However they are quite vigorous, surviving in the open garden, increasing where happy.   In an article in 'The Alpine Gardener' (The Quarterly Bulletin of The Alpine Garden Society) Vol 69, No 3, pp 289-290 Alan Edwards discusses the plant as he has encountered it in the wild.   Some wild populations comprise very striking plants with flowers which are considerably larger than the commercial form illustrated below.

Crocus medius

Crocus medius commercial form - an atypical individual with no evidence of virus infection.

Crocus medius

Crocus medius

Crocus medius

Crocus medius - a virus free form.   (Flowers nearly twice the size of the standard UK trade clone.)

Crocus Species
C. abantensis,
C. adanensis,
C. aerius,
C. alatavicus,
C. aleppicus,
C. almehensis,
C. ancyrensis,
C. angustifolius,
C. antalyensis,
C. asumaniae,
C. autranii,
C. banaticus,
C. baytopiorum,
C. biflorus adamii,
C. biflorus albocoronatus,
C. biflorus alexandrii,
C. biflorus artvinensis,
C. biflorus biflorus,
C. biflorus crewei,
C. biflorus fibroannulatus,
C. biflorus isauricus,
C. biflorus melantherus,
C. biflorus nubigena,
C. biflorus pseudonubigena,
C. biflorus pulchricolor,
C. biflorus punctatus,
C. biflorus stridii,
C. biflorus tauri,
C. biflorus wattiorum,
C. biflorus weldenii,
C. boryi,
C. boulosii,
C. cambessedesii,
C. cancellatus cancellatus,
C. cancellatus damascenus,
C. cancellatus lycius,
C. cancellatus mazziaricus,
C. cancellatus pamphylicus,
C. candidus,
C. carpetanus,
C. cartwrightianus,
C. caspius,
C. chrysanthus,
C. corsicus,
C. cvijicii,
C. cyprius,
C. dalmaticus,
C. danfordiae,
C. etruscus,
C. flavus dissectus,
C. flavus flavus,
C. fleischeri,
C. gargaricus gargaricus,
C. gargaricus herbertii,
C. gilanicus,
C. goulimyi goulimyi,
C. goulimyi leucanthus,
C. graveolens,
C. hadriaticus hadriaticus,
C. hadriaticus parnassicus,
C. hadriaticus parnonicus,
C. hartmannianus,
C. hermoneus hermoneus,
C. hermoneus palaestinus,
C. hyemalis,
C. imperati imperati,
C. imperati suaveloens,
C. karduchorum,
C. kerndorffiorum,
C. korolkowii,
C. kosaninii,
C. kotschyanus cappadocicus,
C. kotschyanus hakkariensis,
C. kotschyanus kotschyanus,
C. kotschyanus suworowianus,
C. laevigatus,
C. leichtlinii,
C. longiflorus,
C. malyi,
C. mathewii,
C. medius,
C. michelsonii,
C. minimus,
C. minutus,
C. moabiticus,
C. nevadensis,
C. niveus,
C. nudiflorus,
C. ochroleucus,
C. olivieri balansae,
C. olivieri istanbulensis,
C. olivieri olivieri,
C. oreocreticus,
C. pallasii dispathaceus,
C. pallasii haussknechtii,
C. pallasii pallasii,
C. pallasii turcicus,
C. paschei,
C. pelistericus,
C. pestalozzae,
C. pulchellus,
C. reticulatus hittiticus,
C. reticulatus reticulatus,
C. robertianus,
C. roseoviolaceus,
C. rujanensis,
C. sativus,
C. scardicus,
C. scharojanii,
C. serotinus clusii,
C. serotinus salzmannii,
C. serotinus serotinus,
C. sieberi atticus,
C. sieberi nivalis,
C. sieberi sieberi,
C. sieberi sublimis,
C. sieheanus,
C. speciosus ilgazensis,
C. speciosus speciosus,
C. speciosus xantholaimos,
C. thomasii,
C. tommasinianus,
C. tournefortii,
C. vallicola,
C. veluchensis,
C. veneris,
C. vernus albiflorus,
C. vernus vernus,
C. versicolor,
C. vitellinus,

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