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Crocus related varieties: The large-flowered Dutch hybrids (generally hybrids of Crocus vernus) bear 2- to 3-inch flowers in a full range of colors in early spring. The so-called winter-flowering crocuses, ... Crocus produces blossoms in a wide array of colors, including striped varieties. See more pictures of bulb gardens.;
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Similar questions: What are the crocus and the gladiolus often called? What are the potato and the dahlia often called? [ Hide these questions ... Answer verified with ; Get more facts and information about bulb . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
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Common crocus is the best known and most widely grown of the many types of crocuses. It and its hybrids, sometimes called Dutch crocus, are larger and bloom slightly later than their wild cousins. Related to irises, crocuses grow from a modified bulb called a corm.
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The first crocus seen in the Netherlands, where Crocus species is not native, were corms brought back from the Holy Roman Emperor's ambassador to the Sublime Porte, A. ... The so-called Prairie crocus (formerly Anemone patens, now Pulsatilla patens or P. ludoviciana) belongs to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).
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Iambic and anapestic feet are called ascending or rising feet; trochaic and dactylic, descending or falling. Feet of 2 syllables are called duple feet; feet of 3, triple. Spondaic (except in sprung rhythm, q.v.) and pyrrhic feet are generally "substitute feet.
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Find saffron crocus at a garden center or order them from a gardening catalog. Saffron crocus plants must be started from a bulb, called a crom. While they may be hard to find in many stores, they are readily available by mail order.
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Photo-essay showing how to plant crocus corms. ... Here is a side view of a crocus corm. You can see the top and bottom together in this picture. Corms are usually covered by a coarse, fibrous layer called a “tunic” that may come loose. These are pretty small corms; ... Crocus Bulb Package...
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Many of those late summer crocus blooms come from a bulb called colchicum, which is not really a crocus at all. Its blossoms do look like those of crocuses — crocuses on steroids. And that's the size blossom it might take to catch our eyes after a summer of flowers.
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Autumn blooming crocus plants are still planted in the fall. The crocuses will sprout leaves in the spring, but the flowers will not usually appear until months later. Sometimes these bare blooms are called “naked ladies” in common name because the crocus flowers don't have foliage surrounding them...
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