How to Plant & Grow a Crocus Lawn || Spring & Autumn Flowering Crocuses

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How to Plant & Grow a Crocus Lawn || Spring & Autumn Flowering Crocuses

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Gardening at Douentza

Күн бұрын

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@karlsorchidparty2395 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't you just use a bulb planter?

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely. You could use a bulb planter and put several crocuses in each hole. However, I have never found a bulb planter that works works well and always end up planting tulips, for example, by digging holes with a trowel. Digging lots of holes in the lawn with a trowel is far more work than lifting flaps like I did. Thanks for watching and have a great Halloween.

@karlsorchidparty2395 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you very much! Happy 🎃 Halloween!

@mollyt6835 2 жыл бұрын

There’s nothing like a lawn blooming with crocuses in January/February. I can’t wait to see how yours look next year. Greetings from the Pacific Northwest, USA 🙋‍♀️.

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Greetings back to you from Wexford in Ireland

@yumahkonyak6656 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing, this crocus flowers is mentioned in the Bible. I love crocus flowers.

@GardeningatDouentza 7 күн бұрын

Crocuses are so great. You have to admire a plant that flowers, despite all the odds, in deadly winter.

@nannybannany 2 жыл бұрын

I put some crocus and snowdrops in my front lawn this year too! Edit: My husband and I are not diligent about mowing the lawn and the front lawn has looked a bit ragged ever since we moved in a couple years ago. That lawn is exactly the reason I wanted the spring flowers there! :D

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Super. May both our lawns be a mass of spring colour. Happy Halloween, by the way.

@limitlessends 3 ай бұрын

You're lovely. Thank you for this gardening video. Considering a bulb flowering lawn to support pollinators. :D

@GardeningatDouentza 3 ай бұрын

That's a great idea and thank you.

@krystaleverett5197 2 жыл бұрын

I am a crocus lover and have them planted in my front lawn and don't allow my husband to start mowing for the year until the leaves are withered away. I also have a large crocus my mother grew and photographed for me tattooed on my arm as part of a half sleeve that is photo realistic color and made up of only photos of flowers from either my garden or my mother's. It isn't finished yet but it is coming along well. 4-5 hours per flower and I have 8 flowers takes a while.

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, your tattoo is a real labour of love. It will be something incredibly intricate and personal by the time it is finished. That's a lot of pain though! Take care.

@ignaciaforteza7731 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely description and choice of words. Romantic and delicate just like you seem to be. Thank you

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@ankabubanj5483 2 жыл бұрын

Hope to see them in fool bloom in spring... Stay safe...

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to it already. Thanks for watching and happy Halloween.

@jennifers6435 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see some varieties flowering in winter…when we need some cheer

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

I love my autumn-flowering crocuses for that very reason. Thanks for watching.

@GrannysGarden 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of hard work but it will be so worth it next spring. Excellent point about not aerating a lawn underplanted with crocus bulbs!

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Una. Roll on spring!

@christyraeemfinger5740 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@ludmilasakharova7672 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your video! It's really helpful! Be 😊!

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and I'm glad it is helpful. Have a great Sunday 😊

@FernandaNascimentoOrchids 2 жыл бұрын

They will look great next spring 😃, the effort is really worth the sight😍

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

I think so too! 😃

@jagdishbahia9162 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rachel for your nice video😊😍

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome ☺️

@MrHamiltonYoung Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, I'm going to give this a go. Lovely video

@GardeningatDouentza Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. It is well worth doing. You can see these crocuses in bloom in my February garden tour. Here's the link and have a great evening kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j92Aqb2XuqqqoXU.html

@Fabdanc 2 жыл бұрын

Crocus are one of my favorite spring flowering bulbs. I actually like their strappy foliage. Sadly, I now live in a climate that's hostile to most spring flowering bulbs as they don't get sufficient rest...

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Aw, that's a pity. They are little harbingers of spring, aren't they! Thanks for watching and happy growing.

@laurieparis2203 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see them this coming Spring! Love this idea and tried to do something similar here with grape hydrangea and rain lilies in my lawn. It looks like you've finally gotten rain! Yay! Such a big difference in the soil from the Himalayan Lily video. 🌱

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean grape hyacinths? I bet these would do well through a lawn as they are very robust. Must look it up. Yes, we finally got rain. Hallelujah! Rain lilies in the lawn! Wow, I am jealous 😊

@laurieparis2203 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardeningatDouentza Rachel, yes! You're right, it must have either been an Android autocorrect malfunction or a brain malfunction, I'm betting on the latter! 😊Grape hyacinth is correct! I had a neighbor who kindly cared for my lawn while my hand was healing, unfortunately he weed whacked all the GH bulbs, thinking they were weeds. And the rain lilies did not survive the week of freezing snow we had this February. Well there's always the next 30+ years to try again! 😊

@MultimediaIreland 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't use that H technique, just plopped the whole sod out. Would love a crocus lawn, but I have huge pine trees in the area where they'd get most sun early spring. The grass barely grows under pines, could be a video for you in the future, that is, what to plant under pines, if you can at all.

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Coniferous trees are difficult. I will bear your video suggestion in mind. Thank you. Yeah, I can understand why you might pop the whole sod out but I think the grass fits back more neatly when one side of it is still joined. Fingers crossed for spring and have a happy halloween

@jennifers6435 2 жыл бұрын

I recently planted crocus sattivus…..and had to throw netting over the top…the deer went for the grassy leaves..will be doing fencing for this area

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Deer can be a nuisance!

@faunalife2906 2 жыл бұрын

This has got me thinking that as crocuses dont mind quite low soil fertility, some below a wildflower meadow area would be good too, crocuses providing interest before the wildflowers such as clovers, yellow rattle and birds foot trefoil bloom in the summer! The autumn crocuses you have look great, even when they were closed on dull days.

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

I think crocuses should work really well in that situation. Having spring crocuses in flower before the wildflowers of summer is a similar game plan to what many people have in their borders with tulips flowering in spring, followed by summer perennials. Smart thinking!

@StephaneMorel-gd7rb 4 ай бұрын

You can put bulb uppside down and he will grow , he will maybee have more difficulty but he will, one day he will appear, even if it is the next year. With this method put the tip up, but if youre only digging hole it can be more complicated, so just try to put right way but its not so bad.

@GardeningatDouentza 4 ай бұрын

Okay, thank you. Good to know. I know with tulip bulbs you can delay flowering by laying them on their side. Hopefully all my crocus are the right way up for the soonest flowering possible.

@vanessamcintyre4868 3 ай бұрын

Hello from Alabama US! How will crocuses do where there’s a spot of weeds? I have a lovely deciduous tree that would be the perfect spot for them if not for a patch of weeds around it. Thank you for your beautiful explanation!

@GardeningatDouentza 3 ай бұрын

I am not sure how your crocuses will do in weeds. It depends on how vigorous the weeds are.

@michaelmarchione3408 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to plant under a tree? We have a section of lawn with very little grass.There is a layer of top soil, but our ground is very sandy, actually it is all sand. Would crocuses survive in that type of setting. We are in U.S. zone 4a. We planted a lilac tree 40 years ago and planted crocuses to one side of it. After two years they quit coming up. But, a year ago this past spring three all of a sudden showed themselves. We were in awe over that. This last spring they didn't. Oh well lol. Enjoyed as always, take care!

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

Crocus tommasinianus likes a gritty, poor to moderately fertile soil. I am not sure it would tolerate pure sand but you say you have a layer of top soil. My best advice would be to plant a handful of crocuses and see how they do! You don't have to plant under a deciduous tree. This is generally recommended as deciduous trees give rise to the areas of poor soil that crocuses love. Hope this helps.

@benkinder2800 Жыл бұрын

So do all Crocus types come from a bulb.? I just brought some crocuses off Amazon and I received a little baggy of tiny black seeds. Just wondering if they were some weird rare variety or if the seller is trying to pull a fast one on me.

@GardeningatDouentza Жыл бұрын

Hi there. Bulbs grow from seeds. You need to grow the seeds until they're big enough to produce bulbs. It takes a bit longer than if you had been sent bulbs.

@melissamybubbles6139 2 жыл бұрын

Can fall blooming crocus go in the lawn as well?

@GardeningatDouentza 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen some autumn-flowering crocus planted in lawn. It does mean, however, that you can't mow from late summer so it mightn't suit every garden.

@melissamybubbles6139 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardeningatDouentza Thanks. I am considering having an excuse not to mow at least the back yard.