Crocus Bulbs - Orange Monarch

BOTANICAL NAME

Crocus olivieri balansae

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun
• Partial Shade

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping
• Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

• 4 to 6 inches

PLANT TYPE

• Species

COLOR

• Orange

It's almost a surreal experience to see Orange Monarch Crocus popping up over the snow in early spring, but there's no better way to know that warmer days are on the way than to see these cheery orange blooms make their way to the surface! An excellent naturalizer, plant Orange Monarch in your yard this fall, for spring after spring of unique, gorgeous color!

• • Thrives in full sun or partially shaded areas
• • An easy to grow, spring blooming bulb that goes great as a groundcover
• • A naturalizing perennial with beautiful orange blooms

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall

PLANTING DEPTH

• 3 to 4 inches

WATER NEEDS

• Low

PLANT SPACING

• 2 to 3 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8