Crocus flowers are among the first flowers of Spring, often emerging long before the danger of snow and freezing weather has passed. Once a bud is mature, the flower will open on warm sunny days.

Crocus is a genus in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring. Crocuses are native to woodland, scrub and meadows from sea level to alpine tundra in central and southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, on the islands of the Aegean, and across Central Asia to western China.

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