General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
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| Plant Height: |
2-4 inches |
| Leaves: |
Spring ephemeral
Other: A thin, green blade with a tell-tale white stripe down the middle.
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
Purple
Other: White to lavender throats, darkening to purple towards edges of petals. Bright yellow stamens.
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| Flower Time: |
Late winter or early spring
Spring
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| Underground structures: |
Corm
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| Uses: |
Provides winter interest
Will Naturalize
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Offsets
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- Snow Crocus
- Early Crocus
- Tommasini's Crocus
- Tommies
- Crocus
Posted by
Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 11, 2013 5:45 PM concerning plant:
Ruby Giant is well named as it has a much, much larger flower than common tommies. Also, the color on Ruby Giant just shimmers. I bought lots more of these to plant this fall after I saw how pretty the ones I had were this spring.
Posted by
sheryl (Hot, hot, hot, Feenix, AZ - Zone 9b) on Dec 6, 2011 8:20 PM concerning plant:
Lovely little flowers, blooming here in 6b/7a by early March. They are known to bloom through a late snow cover. The flowers only last for a day but it's not unusual to get multiple blooms per plant.
After blooming the foliage disappears until the following year.
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