Crocus Bulbs
Beautifully small blooms, sometimes breaking through the snow, the bursts of the colour of crocus bulbs are unmistakable. Either used for naturalising in amongst the grass and lawned areas, added to borders or even popular on roundabouts, our crocus bulbs provide value for money as their joyful blooms will appear year after year.
Like everything we supply here at Boston Seeds, we pride ourselves on supplying professional quality - and for flower bulbs, that means BIG! Our bigger bulbs produce bigger, better and bolder flowers. Choose from our exciting range of varieties - mixed species crocus bulbs, old favourites, garden classics as well as striking new lines for 2024.
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Producing a beautiful sea of colour in early spring, this crocus collection is well suited to planting into existing grass as well as beds and borders. A great mixture of white, blue and striped Crocus Vernus bulbs.
- Height (cm): 15cm
- Blooms: February/March
Appearing in time for Easter, this beautifully coloured crocus have purple outer petals that open up to reveal their wonderful creamy yellow centres. High in nectar, this variety is popular with bees and butterflies and suitable for beds, borders and pots.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: March
Perfect for naturalising, these autumn flowering crocus ensure you will have a boost of colour later in the summer. One of the few crocus varieties to flower in the autumn they are great for providing late nectar sources for bees and butterflies.
- Height (cm): 10-15cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/ 7cm
- Blooms: September/ October
An easy decision for any gardener to add this into their garden designs, the pure white cupped flowers of the Ard Schenk crocus are such a delight when they appear in early spring. Their delicate flowers look stunning either in pots or edging borders.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/6cm
- Blooms: February/ March
These wonderful deep purple flowers standing on tall off white stems appear out of their spiky green foliage very early in the spring. Giving you a warm reminder of things to come, they will provide welcome colour to your garden.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Producing dainty lilac/ soft-blue petals this larger flowering crocus looks fantastic planted in groups that will then flower early spring.
- Height (cm): 15cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/7cm
- Blooms: March
Producing rich creamy yellow flower heads with a vivid orange centre, these delightful flowers look lovely planted amongst your lawns or framing your borders. Suiting well-drained areas they will appear early on in spring so are ideal for planting with later flowering bulbs such as tulips and alliums to give you extended colour throughout.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: February/ March
In the depths of winter, we all need a ray of sunshine. Our Dorothy crocus will appear from February onwards with its stand-out golden yellow flowers.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: February/ March
With large purple cupped flowers, our Flower Record crocus are a staff favourite. The beautiful blooms appear in early spring and are a joy to have in any garden in either pots, containers or in borders.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 7/8cm
- Blooms: February/ March
A lovely summery yellow flower with purple-veined marking on the petals, this shorter flowering crocus appears early in the spring and looks lovely when planted in a lawn, or in groups to create a more dramatic effect.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Attractive to bees and other pollinators, these early spring flowering bulbs produce pure white goblet-shaped bloooms.
- Height (cm): 15cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 7/8cm
- Blooms: March
This mixture has been carefully put together to include a great selection of named large flowering varieties which are particularly well suited for large landscaped areas and mass planting to create carpets of colour in early spring.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 7/8cm
- Blooms: March/ April
Suitable for mass planting and larger landscaped areas, our mixed selection of crocus bulbs provide a vibrant array of colours that will look highly attractive and impressive.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/7cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Vivid orange blooms, striped on the outer petals with a burnt amber. These are perfect for mass planting in swathes or also suitable for pots and containers.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/7cm
- Blooms: March
One of our most popular croci, the Remembrance crocus produce richly coloured goblet-shaped flowers that are an intense violet purple in colour. Perfect for naturalising.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 7/8cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Having pale, creamy yellow flowers, these are more subtle than most crocus with their toned-down colour. The beautiful blooms will hold their own amongst the winter bedding.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/6cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Perfect for planting in pots and borders, these dainty rose pink crocus have pale stems flowering early March to give much welcomed colour and are a great source of nectar.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5/ 7cm
- Blooms: March
Having vivid violet-purple blooms with red stigmas (Saffron) these are a beauty of a flower and will stand out in any garden and add that last boost of colour before winter sets in.
Although this may not be true, you can now grow your own expensive spice! Saffron is used as a food flavouring and spice, it is said to be more expensive than gold per kilo. The red stigmas of the crocus sativus flower can be picked as soon as possible once the crocus has flowered.
- Height (cm): 10cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 9/10cm
- Blooms: October/ November
Blue-grey outer petals encase the inner deep purple petals with a vibrant orange stamen. This variety looks great planted amongst contrasting crocuses such as Yellow Mammoth or Orange Monarch.
- Height (cm): 15cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 7/8cm
- Blooms: March
Sometimes appearing as early as January, the Whitewell Purple can be one of the first crocus to appear. The deep purplish-blue flowers are a real showpiece when the sun brings them into full flower.
- Height (cm): 8cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 5+cm
- Blooms: February/ March
Making bulb planting easier, quicker and cleaner, our bulb planter is the ideal tool for helping you plant your spring-flowering bulbs.
- Made of high quality steel
- Automatic release on handle
- Duroplast coating - impact, elastic, abrasion, and corrosion - resistant
- Depth Scale
Our flowering bulb fertiliser has been specifically designed to help your spring-flowering bulbs flower to their full potential. Whether you are establishing in pots or containers, sprinkle a small amount into each hole prior to planting your bulbs. Also suitable for use in early spring to encourage your bulbs to flower well in the following season.
- Tailored to give your bulbs all the nutrients they need
- Can be mixed with compost or Bulb Fibre
- NPK - 12.11.18 + MgO
- Recommended coverage: 5kg per 200sqm. Apply at 25g/sqm
- Not suitable for use with Wildflower Bulbs
Specifically designed to help bulbs establish in pots and borders, without the risk of the bulbs rotting, providing an open and free-draining soil structure.
- Ideal for planting with Narcissi, Crocus, Hyacinths and other spring-flowering bulbs
- Universal bulb planting fibre
- 500gm bag - This pack is sufficient for 3 x 1-litre pots
Our bulb planting essentials pack has been put together for the ease of ensuring quick planting and a great display. The bulb planter will help you plant the bulbs with ease whilst the fibre will ensure the bulbs do not rot when planted into pots or containers. Using the bulb fertiliser will ensure your bulbs have all the nutrients they need whilst establishing.
- 1 x Bulb Fibre
- 1 x Bulb Planter
- 1 x Bulb Fertiliser
Crocuses: How to grow them (and why!)
No early springtime display is complete without crocuses. These goblet-shaped blooms come in a wide variety of palettes, which make it quite the versatile little flower to add an extra drop of flavour to a flower bed.
Fun Facts
Greek mythology has a variety of potential origins for crocuses: one story focuses on a Grecian man of the same name who was transformed into the flower by the gods, either as a gift for his love and devotion (in the same tale, his love Smilax is turned into bindweed, and their flowery forms allow them to stay together for eternity)… or as a punishment for his disloyalty in love. Another story suggests that Crocus the man was a friend of the god Hermes, who transformed the former’s body into the flower after his death. Although in spite of these bittersweet tales, crocuses have very positive, happy connotations as well - in the language of flowers, they’re considered a symbol of cheerfulness and glee!
How to grow
Plant crocuses 6-8 weeks before the first hard frost, in a place that gets plenty of sun - about 10cm and 7.5cm apart. As a short, colourful flower, they make an excellent addition to beds, but they can also be used as a carpet flower (though their leaves must die down before mowing; they’re best planted in clusters where they won’t get in the way).
Species & Styles
There are a large variety of crocuses to plant depending on your preferences for palettes and blooming times: Romance is among the first to bloom with pale, creamy-yellow petals and another early bloomer, Whitewell Purple is a striking shade of purple. Yalta is one of our favourites and a true garden classic with distinctive stripes in white and purple.
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