Fall Crocus
Crocus goulimyi
Iridaceae
Growth habit
Geophyte
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Southern Greece
Location
Source of plant
Partterton & Martin
Description
A very distinct plant and instantly recognizable by its very long perianth tube and globular flowers. Flowers produced with, or slightly before the leaves, pale to deep lavender with a white throat and perianth tube. The inner segments are occasioanlly paler than the outer. Perianth tube often 4-5" long and very slender; anthers cream or very pale sulphur; style similar in color, tri-lobed or sub-divided into more threads right at the apex. Corm tunic hard and shell-like, splitting lengthways. Flowering seasonSeptember-October.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
flowering season