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Crocus cambessedesii

Crocus cambessedesii
Photo: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0

Crocus cambessedesii is a small cormous perennial from the Balearic Islands (Majorca and Minorca) that flowers in autumn and suits rock gardens and sunny borders. It needs a warm, dry summer rest and well-drained soil.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly during active growth in autumn and spring, and keep the corms dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil, neutral to alkaline.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost when dry, protect from prolonged freezing wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Climate
subtropical

About

Crocus cambessedesii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Baleares (Majorca, Minorca).

Other Crocus plants

Crocus abantensis · Crocus adanensis · Aerial Crocus · Crocus alatavicus · Aleppo Crocus · Crocus alexandri · Crocus almehensis · Ankara Crocus · Cloth of gold · Crocus antalyensis · Crocus asumaniae · Crocus autranii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crocus cambessedesii 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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