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Crocus alexandri

Crocus alexandri is a small cormous perennial crocus from the Balkans, native from Serbia to southwest Bulgaria and northeast Greece. Grow it like other spring crocuses: plant the corms in autumn in well-drained soil in full sun.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during active growth in spring, then keep dry while the corms are dormant in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty soil or loam; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C when dormant; cool to mild temperate conditions suit it best.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Serbia to SW. Bulgaria and NE. Greece
Climate
temperate

About

Crocus alexandri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native from Serbia to southwest Bulgaria and Greece.

Other Crocus plants

Cloth of gold · Crocus banaticus · Silvery Crocus · Wild Saffron · Snow Crocus · Corsican Crocus · Etruscan Crocus · Yellow crocus · Crocus goulimyi · Saffron Crocus · Sieber's crocus · Bieberstein's Crocus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crocus alexandri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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