Crocus Bulbs - Blue Marlin

BOTANICAL NAME

Crocus chrysanthus

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun
• Partial Shade

BLOOM SEASON

• Early Spring

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping

PLANT HEIGHT

• 4 inches

COLOR

• Blue

Crocus Blue Marlin is a striking early spring bloomer that brings a refreshing splash of cool color to the garden just as winter fades. Its large, six-petaled flowers feature silvery-white interiors washed with pale lilac and lavender-blue, while the outer petals display graceful purple veins and striations, a true beauty! Easy to grow and quick to naturalize, this reliable crocus multiplies year after year, creating a luminous carpet of soft blue hues wherever you choose to plant them.

• Returns and multiplies each year for expanding drifts of soft blue blooms
• Four-inch-tall flowers with slender, grass-like foliage marked by a distinctive silver stripe
• One of the first flowers to bloom, brightening the garden at winter’s end

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow

PLANTING DEPTH

• 3 to 4 inches

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 3 to 4 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 3
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• 6
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• 8