{"title":"Crocus","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"crocus-species-tricolour","title":"Crocus species 'Tricolour'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrocus\u003c\/em\u003e species ‘Tricolour’ is one of the most eye-catching of the early spring crocuses. Its large, fragrant flowers are a beautifully layered combination: pale mauve inner, deeper mauve outer, and a golden-yellow throat edged with a distinctive white zone — the three tones that give it its name. It opens with the leaves in late winter, flowering from February to March and bringing colour to the garden at one of the quietest times of year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant from September to December, 5cm deep in any well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Scatter the corms before planting for a natural, informal effect in grass, or plant in clumps in borders or containers. Once established, it will naturalise readily, returning reliably year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"plant-profile__synonyms-heading\"\u003eSynonyms: \u003cem\u003eCrocus sieberi\u003c\/em\u003e subsp. \u003cem\u003esublimis\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Tricolor’, \u003cem\u003eCrocus sieberi\u003c\/em\u003e subsp. \u003cem\u003esublimis\u003c\/em\u003e f. \u003cem\u003etricolor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight: 20cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"10 Bulbs Size 5\/7","offer_id":55492087513430,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Crocusspeciestricolor.webp?v=1790405711"},{"product_id":"crocus-species-mixed-1","title":"Crocus species Mixed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrocus species\u003c\/em\u003e Mixed offers a wonderful variety of early spring colour, flowering from February to March at one of the quietest times in the garden. Shorter and more delicate in character than the larger Dutch hybrids, species crocuses are well suited to naturalising in grass, planting in rockeries, or displaying in shallow bowls and containers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant from September to December, 5cm deep in any well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Scatter the corms before planting for a natural, informal effect, or plant in clumps for a bolder display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight: 10cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"10 Bulbs Size 5\/7","offer_id":55492142301526,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/CrocusSMixed.webp?v=1790407836"},{"product_id":"crocus-large-flowered-blue","title":"Crocus Large Flowered Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrocus\u003c\/em\u003e Large Flowered Blue is one of the most charming heralds of spring. Its intense violet-blue flowers sing out in the garden at a time when colour is still scarce — particularly striking planted in combination with other early crocuses, or naturalised in drifts through grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works beautifully in an early spring container, and we particularly like it layered into a bulb lasagne with yellow miniature \u003cem\u003eNarcissus\u003c\/em\u003e and dark purple or orange tulips — the contrast is vivid and the season of interest impressively long. Plant from September to December, 2.5cm deep in any moist but well-drained soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight: 10cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"7 Bulbs Size 7\/8","offer_id":55492173889878,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/CrocusLargeBlue.webp?v=1790409923"},{"product_id":"crocus-large-flowered-yellow","title":"Crocus Large Flowered Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrocus\u003c\/em\u003e Large Flowered Yellow is a very useful early spring crocus, equally at home in small pots as it is naturalised through grass, where it creates vivid swathes of clear yellow at one of the most welcome times of year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant in combination with the Large Flowered Blue for a classic contrast, or pair with dark purple tulips for a bold, cheerful display. Plant from September to December, 7cm deep in any well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Scatter the corms before planting for a natural effect in grass, or plant in clumps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight: 15cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"7 Bulbs Size 7\/8","offer_id":55492196368726,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/CrocusLargeYellow-2.webp?v=1790408737"}],"url":"https:\/\/hardysplants.co.uk\/collections\/crocus.oembed","provider":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}