‘Yellow Mammoth’ Snow Crocus

‘Yellow Mammoth’
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‘Yellow Mammoth’ Snow Crocus

Crocus x luteus The classic big yellow, the most popular crocus variety for well over 300 years. Also sold under the names: Golden Yellow, Giant Yellow, and the original Dutch Grote Geele. Vigorous, 2-5 large flowers per corm. Sterile; spreads by offsets. Blooms slightly before the Jumbos, C. vernus, but is often grouped with them.

4–6" tall. Very Early to Early Spring blooms, Z3-8. 8-9cm bulbs.



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Snow Crocus

The best-known small crocus species, also called Golden Crocus. Up to 4 fragrant flowers per corm, with rounded petals. Native to Greece, Turkey and the Balkans.

Spring Crocus

A classic for early spring color that also provides early food for bees. One of the most popular genera, they are welcome precursors of spring—colorful, long-lived, and easy to grow. Their waxy coat allows them to bloom even through a late snow. Flowers open wide in bright sun and close up at night and on grey days. Once established, crocus can spread by “cormlets” and seed in well-drained areas. Foliage of low-growing varieties fades before the grass needs mowing.

In his award-winning book The Holistic Orchard, Michael Phillips recommended planting crocus in the orchard to help attract and retain native orchard mason bees. Crocus provide a pollen source before the fruit trees bloom.