Crocuses

We saw some growing wild on our walk yesterday.

Blossoming - we lived next to woods. It was definitely the rabbits in our case.

Seen lots of mauve ones along the walkways here. I wonder too if the type of soil encourages some colours over others, similarly with hydrangeas?

None of my crocuses are flowering at all yet nor my daffs had a few little snowdrops but only greenery of everything else

Just seen my snowdrops for the first time yesterday. Lovely. Seem to think I've always had a good mixed colouring of crocii but will pay particular attention this year. Certainly their shoot are appearing in abundance. Roll on.

It’s the opposite in my garden! Very few yellow crocuses, but lots of thriving purple ones. Not sure about the light / shade theory, as my purple ones are in full light / sun. They’re very cheerful!

How very interesting that others struggle with them too and have noticed differences. Will certainly try some mauve in a shadier place for next year. This is only our third winter in this garden. Snowdrops (brought with us) thrive, aconites very slow. Crocuses were just the same in the old house - strident thriving yellow, weedy mauve.

I haven’t seen any rabbits in the garden, though there are some in the woods nearby. We have a couple of resident hedgehogs but I don’t think they would eat them.

I thought it was the birds eating all our yellow ones.

We had loads of bluebells, snowdrops and daffodils by the way...

My father planted crocus every year in my childhood garden.
Every year the rabbits are most of them.
Could it be rabbits? Are some tastier than others according to the soil maybe?

I think geekesse might be right about the sun aspect. The yellows thrive in light - think like sunflower, buttercup, even gorse - maybe the mauve ones need more shade? My yellow ones are happier too, they're in a south facing coastal garden.

Spotted growing wild today on our walk

I’ve never had any luck with crocuses. Loads of snowdrops, bluebells and daffodils though.

Mine are exactly the opposite - purple ones are robust and lasting, but the few yellow that bother to flower at all give up in 24 hours and flop. Whatever you are doing right, I’m doing wrong, and vice versa! Could it be a soil / sun /position in the garden thing?