Daržinis krokas – Crocus sativus

Daržinis krokas

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Daržinis krokas
Latin plant name	Crocus sativus L.
English plant name	Saffron Crocus
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous Half heliophobic
Spacing, cm	From 8 to 10
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints orange violet blue, blue tints purple striped
Blooming time	early spring - March - April First Decade
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	non-decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	1
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Bulbous 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 from 50 to 10 daughter corms Seeds are sown at 0.5-1 cm depth after picking up in rich soil in Autumn. There is no need to prick out seedlings, if they are not overcrowded. Seedlings are replanted after 2-3 years to the final growing place. Seedlings begin blooming in 3 years.