FoliageDutch Crocus
Crocus vernus
Dutch Crocus (Crocus vernus) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 0.3-0.5 ft × 0.3-0.5 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained soil. Expect yellow, purple and white blooms in spring. It attracts bees, stands up well to black walnut, deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.3-0.5 ft × 0.3-0.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Drought
- Native to
- Eastern Europe, western Russia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Dutch Crocus is hardy to about -40°F (estimated from USDA zone 3), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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