Crocus are among the most widely grown early spring bulbs (actually corms). Each corm produces several upright, cup-like, flowers. Typically grows 4-6” tall. Basal, grass-like leaves. Blooms in early spring shortly after snowdrops (Galanthus). Flowers close at night and open up in the morning, but usually remain closed on rainy/cloudy days. Many cultivars of this species have been developed.

A multistemmed, upright to spreading broadleaf evergreen shrub having dark green foliage on chartreuse stems, with prominent drooping panicles of Winter floral buds, opening in very late Winter or early Spring as pendulous clusters of urn-shaped white flowers, which preceed the emergence of the bronzed new foliage.  It performs well in partial shade in moist, rich, well-drained, acidic soils, but is intolerant of full sun, poor soils, compacted soils, poorly drained or wet soils, and especially soils of neutral to alkaline pH

Primulas have a long flowering season and are easy to grow. Their jewel-like blooms add a heartening splash of colour in a variety of garden situations. The family provides an assortment of plants suitable for spring bedding, herbaceous borders, pond margins and alpine beds, as well as naturalising in lawns. Although the wild primrose flowers in spring, others in the Primula polyanthus group start flowering in mid-winter and some varieties flower into the summer months.