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Article: Crocus capers.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Nudging their attractive buds up through the melting snow, a group of petite plants make the welcome announcement that spring is here.
"For years I kept records of when the first flowers came out, and I still do as a matter of fact."
--Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969)
It looks like grass, but it's not. It's the beginning of "Remembrance," the shoots from a forgotten corm planted late last fall. Soon the sleepy yard, dotted with islands of snow, will be blanketed with hundreds of silvery purple flowers and their wispy, light-green leaves--an early spring gift from Mother Nature.
For gardeners, crocuses are dream plants: durable, remarkably ...