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Product Description - Crocus etruscus Zwanenburg
The Crocus etruscus 'Zwanenburg' is a true harbinger of spring, prized by gardeners for its incredibly early bloom time and its sophisticated, soft-toned elegance. This species crocus features exquisite, large, lavender-blue petals that often display a subtle, silvery-grey reverse, creating a refined bi-color effect. The brilliance of the petals is perfectly contrasted by a vibrant, deep orange stamen, making each individual flower a miniature masterpiece. Its compact, hardy nature makes it ideal for naturalizing in lawns, brightening up rock gardens, or creating delicate edgings for spring borders. For a reliable, charming, and long-lived addition to your early-season landscape, 'Zwanenburg' is the perfect choice.
Key Features
- Appearance: Delicate, large lavender-blue petals with a silvery-grey reverse and a high-contrast, brilliant orange center.
- Landscape Use: Perfect for naturalizing in lawns, rockeries, alpine beds, or as a graceful, early-season border edger.
- Versatility: Excellent for container displays on patios and balconies, offering a welcome splash of color while the rest of the garden is still dormant.
- Hardiness: A robust and dependable variety that multiplies over time, returning faithfully each year to celebrate the arrival of spring.
Product Details - Crocus etruscus Zwanenburg
| Price per package | €2,66 |
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| Subvarieties | Botanical Crocuses |
| Plant Height | 10-15 cm |
| Plant Size | 5/7 |
| Flower Colour | Bicolor |
| Indoor plant | No |
| Suitable as cutting flower | No |
| Hardiness Zone | Zone 3-4 |
| Leaf Colour | Green |
| Flowering Month | February |
How to Plant - Crocus etruscus Zwanenburg
Planting & Care Instructions
Crocuses are classic early-spring flowering bulbs ideal for borders, rock gardens, pots and balcony boxes. Low-maintenance and winter-hardy, they bring vibrant color to the garden year after year.
- Planting time: Plant the corms/bulbs in autumn, from September to November, before the ground freezes. Flowering time generally occurs from February to March.
- Preparation: No special pre-soaking required. Ensure bulbs are firm and healthy prior to planting.
- Position & soil: Choose a full sun to partial shade position. Plant in loose, well-drained soil. Avoid areas where water tends to collect.
- Planting depth & spacing: For standard crocus bulbs, size 5/8 cm, plant approximately 6–10 cm deep and 6–10 cm apart.
- Watering: Water once after planting. Keep soil lightly moist, but never waterlogged. Additional watering during autumn and winter is usually unnecessary.
- Growing in containers: Use pots or balcony boxes with drainage holes and a well-drained potting mix. Bulbs can be planted slightly closer together than in garden beds.
- After flowering: Allow the foliage to remain until it naturally turns yellow and dies back. This allows the bulb to store energy for the following season.
- Returning each year: Crocuses are winter-hardy perennials that naturally return and bloom for many years when conditions are suitable.
Delivery - Crocus etruscus Zwanenburg
Secure delivery across Europe
We deliver flower bulbs, seeds, perennials, roses and other plants to more than 30 countries across Europe. The standard delivery charge is added on orders depending on the country where you live.
To guarantee the best result and quality of our plants and bulbs, we dispatch all our orders at the right planting period. We monitor harvests in The Netherlands and weather conditions across Europe and start shipping our orders according to the following schedule:
- Summer Flowering Bulbs (dahlias, gladioli, begonias, etc.) - from 23 March until 1 July.
- Spring Flowering Bulbs (tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, etc.) - from 20 September until 1 December.
- Seeds and Garden Tools – all year round
- Roses, Perennials (except peonies), Bushes and other plants in pots - from 1 March until 1 June.
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A guarantee of variety. If the plant blooms in a different variety than the one you ordered.
A guarantee of grafting. If you have followed all the rules of cultivation, but the plant has not sprouted.
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