
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Crocuses
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Here in Central Texas they are also called ''Crow Poison''. No Idea Why.
Here’s what we’re able to piece together on this. It is not a crocus. Crow Poison is the common name of a bulb (Nothoscordum bivalve) of the Onion (Alliaceae) family (formerly of the Lily (Liliaceae) family) that resembles a wild onion and is often called “false garlic” but is neither garlic nor onion in scent or taste. It resembles a snow drop but is taller and has move foliage and the flower has a yellow center. It is found from Arizona to the East Coast, including Texas, of course.
There is another plant that is called crow poison and Oceola’s plume (Stenenthium desum); it produces tiny flowers on a stalk; it does not resemble a crocus or the bulb above.
As for the term “crow poison,” apparently, long ago, people crushed the the pulp of the crow poison bulb and spread it on the feathers on the heads of chickens. If a crow or hawk killed the chicken and ate the pulp, the predator would die. Thus, crow poison.
is there a creeping flower i can use to make a colorful lawn area and mix with crocus etc. ? Thamks
We know of no creeping plant that flowers with crocus. But periwinkle, aka myrtle, is a ground cover that keeps its foliage year round and produces blue flowers later in season.
If I naturalize crocus in my lawn can I still use lawn fertilizer and weed killers?
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