Crocus is what a lot of gardeners look to for the official sign of spring. Crocus flowers grow only to about 3 to 6 inches in height with a grass-like foliage, their sturdy stems are able to manage to hold up the large beautiful blossoms proudly throughout the spring weather.
Crocus are ideal bulbs to place in your lawn in small clusters or even underneath or around trees, they make great borders along paths and rock gardens. If you plant your crocus bulbs in the grass as small cluster, don't be to excited to get out and cut your spring grass. Make sure the crocus has died completely back naturally. Crocus foliage dies much quicker than that of some other bulbs, but you still want to make sure all of it is dead. This way you won't injure the crocus bulb.
Crocuses look best when set up in groups of 12 or more, rather than scatter sparsely throughout your yard, or even in a single straight line. Mice, chipmunks and other outdoor critters enjoy the taste of the corm of a crocus bulb, so as a helpful hint spread a couple of mothballs around the area you are planting your crocus bulbs.
Dutch crocuses tend to be a hybrid form, usually native to the mountains region of the central and southern Europe. These crocuses tend to produce some of the showiest flowers, which tend to gain popularity for displaying them.
The color differences don't vary that much between the hybrids and the Dutch crocus bulbs. The nice thing is if you grow both types of bulbs, you can extend your blooming season by a couple of weeks.
Just an aid for the winter, is if you place a heavy mulch over the top of the in ground crocus bulbs, this will help them survive the winter a little easier.
