Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis?
Jane McGary (Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:58:54 PST)

The only way I was able to grow crocuses in the
open garden when I lived where there were voles
was to plant them inside plastic mesh pots sunk
in the soil, or up in the rock garden. Also, I
had a nice display of Crocus tommasinianus
("tommies" as Mark says) in a patch of lawn.
Either voles don't like tommies, or the voles
don't like to tunnel among thick grass roots. I
have several species of crocuses in the lawn in
my new garden, where voles are not present. Today
Crocus sieberi, Crocus gargaricus, and Crocus kotschyanus are open in the lawn.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA

At 01:04 AM 1/27/2015, you wrote: