How to Grow Bulbocodium Plants in your Garden

Gardener's HQ Guide to Growing Spring Meadow Saffron and Hoop-Petticoat Daffodil

Bulbocodium is a hardy bulb

Plants are very small in size reaching about 5 to 10 cm in height at most.

They therefore make great flowers for a rockery, where they flower in the early spring with yellow or purple crocus like flowers.

Common names for Bulbocodium include Spring Meadow Saffron and Hoop-Petticoat Daffodil.

Guide to Growing Bulbocodium species such as Spring Meadow Saffron

If planning to grow Bulbocodium outdoors then bulbs should be planted at a depth of 7 cm (2 inches) in the autumn.

If you are attempting to grow them from seedm then they should be planted outdoors in the autumn on the soil surface.

Caring for Spring Meadow Saffron in the Garden

Spring Meadow Saffron can grow in rock gardens that are in full sunlight or partially shaded and like a acidic, moist and well drained soil.

The plant should be divided every three years once flowering has occurred and leaves have died back.

I hope that you enjoyed this guide on how to grow Bulbocodium in the garden. You may also enjoy the following growing guides: How to grow Crocus, Daffodils, and Colchicum plants.