Crocus pestalozzae
| Flowering Time |
Spring |
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Distribution |
NW Turkey |
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Native Climate |
Mediterranean |
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Wild Habitat |
Open places, grassy or stony |
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Distinctive Features |
Flowers blue or white. Corm tunic membranous with basal rings. Cataphylls green. Black stain at the base of each filament in throat of flower |
|
Closest Relatives |
Crocus biflorus complex |
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Cultivation Requirements |
Cool moist winter. Warm dryish summer. |
|
Availability |
Specialist bulb suppliers and seed lists |
Can be grown outside in UK gardens given good drainage and a sunny spot where the soil dries out in summer. Rather small flowered for the open garden but a good candidate for a trough or raised bed.
Crocus pestalozzae white form - note the black 'spots' in the throat of the flower, a distinctive feature of this species.
