Crocus scharojanii
| Flowering Time |
Late summer, autumn |
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Distribution |
Caucasus region of former USSR; NE Turkey |
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Native Climate |
Cold winter with snow, cool moist summer |
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Wild Habitat |
Damp turf near mountain streams and springs over granitic rocks |
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Distinctive Features |
Flower narrow goblet, deep yellow. Corm tunic thin membranous |
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Closest Relatives |
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Cultivation Requirements |
Moisture retentive soil, cool but with some sun in summer. |
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Availability |
Rarely available from specialist bulb suppliers and seed lists |
Not an easy plant to cultivate in areas which suit the Mediterranean crocuses. It keeps its leaves through the summer, needing to do this to build up a new corm. In the wild the new season flowers may be produced before the previous seasons leaves have completely died down.