Balkaninis krokas – Crocus tommasinianus

Balkaninis krokas

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameBalkaninis krokas
Latin plant nameCrocus tommasinianus Herb.
English plant nameCrocus
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • 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
  • white
  • red, red tints
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitynon-decorative
Ornamentality duration, months2
Groupshort-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological groupBulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, filials and alternative corms. It is recommended to dig up corms every year. Almost every large corm produces two; three - four corms and 50 to 10 daughter corms Seeds are sown at 0.5-1 cm depth after picking up in a rich soil in Autumn. Propagation method by seeds is used rarely. Seedlings are replanted to the final growing place after 2-3 years.