Crocuses look fantastic planted in drifts with other coloured crocuses. Drifts of purple saffron crocus bulbs not only offer a valuable spring crop with their blooms and bright orange stamens, they look great naturalised in grass. Throw a handful into the grass and plant where they fall to make a natural-looking display. Pair your crocuses with other naturalising bulbs like cyclamen and muscari to make an even grander spring show.
Great companion plants for crocuses include other spring flowering bulbs like tulips, snowdrops, and daffodils. They are a great early bloomer to include in the top layer of a mixed bulb lasagne container planting. Crocuses look lovely peeping out of herbaceous perennial beds, filling decorative patio containers, and lining borders and pathways where they provide colour when little else in the garden is stirring.