Flower opens to show lilac tip and yellow throat with a band of white in between.
Order Code: 78-58
Crocus sieberi tricolor
The RHS Award of Garden Merit
C.sieberi tricolor was first found on Mount Chelmos in the Pelepponese and the collected form was increased from a stock obtained from E B Anderson in 1966. The bud bursts through the ground before the leaves have really developed. It is conspicuously three banded, with a lilac tip separated from the yellow throat by a white band. When fully opening in the sun, the concentric rings of colour, with orange yellow stigma and stamens in the centre are eye-catching. The corm will produce 4 or 5 flowers, so it produces a rich thicket of colour. C. sieberi wants richer soil than other crocuses, and needs moisture with good drainage. Small but bright banded flower in February / March.
Planting instructions
Sun or partial shade, and moderately fertile, humus rich moderately moist but well drained soil. Plant 8-10 cm (3-4in) deep in a small tight groups, 2 or 3 bulbs only 1.5” apart repeated at larger intervals. Do beware of mice and squirrel attack.
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