Crocus Carpet

The Crocus Carpet creates a spectacular show of white and purple between Victoria Gate and King William’s Temple in March.

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Kew's crocus carpet - March 2010

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The Crocus Carpet is one of Kew’s best loved signs of spring.   In the wild, Crocus vernus begins to flower as the snow melts in the mountains of Europe.

It is native to the Mediterranean from the Pyrenees in the west to the Ukraine in the east, and south as far as Sicily and Yugoslavia.

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