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Most people are very surprised to admire Crocus in bloom from September to December, but it is true. There are Autumn-flowering Crocuses, invaluable for their late-flowering, goblet-shaped flowers with showy insides. They are dwarf perennials with underground corms which give rise to the foliage and autumn flowers. The leaves are narrow and mid-green with silver-green central stripes, appearing at the same time or just after the flowers. All types of fall-blooming Crocus are easy to grow in the right conditions, and look excellent when planted in groups in a rock garden. Rapid-spreading crocus, like Crocus ochroleucus, are useful for naturalizing in grass or under deciduous shrubs. Crocus banaticus is effective planted in drifts at the front of a border, but do not allow it to become swamped by larger plants. Read the rest of this entry »