Auksažiedis krokas – Crocus chrysanthus

Auksažiedis krokas

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAuksažiedis krokas
Latin plant nameCrocus chrysanthus Herb.
English plant nameCrocus
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 10 to 15
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • early spring - March - April First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitynon-decorative
Ornamentality duration, months2
Groupshort-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological groupBulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: only by corms. Their seeds do not mature.