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Hi this is Yolanda Vanvien on behalf of Expert Village. In this segmant we are going to talk
about crocus bulbs, how to pick them out, where they are from and how to plant them.
Crocus are also from the Middle East. Most Spring blooming bulbs actually are from Turkey,
Iran and the Mountain of Syrias, Syria, all the way to Southern Europe. Crocus generally
are found in these native areas, they grow wild all thru these areas, but they also can
grow in your garden very well. They are considered a corm, they have this papery cover and they
have kind of a bulls eye on the bottom, they look like a hersheys kiss candy, so when planting
them, the tip of the candy goes up, when in doubt go sideways, I always plant them about
2 or 3 inches deep in groups of 3 to five or more of them in sun or part shade. And
these are mixed colors, you can also usually buy them in seperate colors, the one with
the stripes are called "pick wick" then there are yellows, purples and whites and I just
usually plant them as a mixed because I just think they are one of the most beautiful early
blooming bulbs that you can find. You can also force them to also bloom inside, and
all you need to do that is you take a pot and plant about 3 to 5 of them in one pot
and then I cover them up, I don't even plant them very deeply inside the house because
they are just going to come right up and then put them in a sunny window and then usually
within 4 to 6 weeks you're going to have blooms on them. Crocus are one of the best known
and one of the most loved flowers in your garden, they are one of the first to bloom.
Next we will talk about another early bloomer, Kiona Doxa