Propagation
Sow seed when ripe during autumn in pots and place in a cold frame to germinate. Plant out from container in 2 years.
Division of cormlets when dormant.

Culture
When planting Crocus space up to 150mm (6in) apart at a depth of 75mm (3in). The plant develops new corms each year on top of the existing forcing the plant out of the ground. Every 2 to 3 years the corms should be lifted, then dried and replanted in early spring for autumn flowering species.


Botanic information
Leaf: The dark green arching long linear to narrow-lanceolate keeled leaves have an acuminate apex and rolled margins.

Flower: The lilac-purple cyathiform flowers are commonly stripped darker on the outside and have 6-perianth segments with a central column and a long whitish perianth-tube. It has 3-free stamens and the style may be longer with a wedge-shaped stigma and the ovary is subterranean. The flowers normally appear before the leaves during early spring .

Fruit: The small fruit is a 3-valved capsule that matures at above or slightly below ground level and the small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.