Saffron is a pricy spice harvested from a fall-flowering crocus. Learn how to grow it to harvest your own saffron.

Crocuses are beautiful, cup-shaped flowers synonymous with spring. Colors vary from white to yellow to purples and multicolored blooms. Crocuses are some of the earliest bloomers in the garden ...

There are three stigmas per flower; 10 to 15 saffron threads equal ¼ teaspoon of pure powder (gourmetsleuth.com), therefore, 40 to 60 threads plucked from 12 to 20 saffron crocus corms are needed ...

“Then place an individual crocus corm on top and add another 1.5cm of compost over that.” For potted crocuses, depth is very important in order to help the flowers bloom.

Photo/Lee GugliadaPretty Colchicum autumnale bloom at the Freylinghausen Arboretum in Morristown, New Jersey. Many garden enthusiasts are at all familiar with the Autumn Crocus — colchicum ...

Some so-called bulbs, such as crocus and gladiolus, are in fact corms, which are just thickened hunks of stem. If you want crocuses to multiply prolifically, make cuttings, as you would with any stem.

Hocus Pocus Crocus! Plan ahead and cheer yourself up by planting crocuses. By NIGEL COLBORN . Published: 14:36 EDT, 13 October 2013 | Updated: 14:36 EDT, 13 October 2013 ...

Saffron comes from the crimson stigmas of Crocus sativus (an autumn- flowering crocus). Known for its delicate flavor and as a food coloring, it also is used in dyes and medicine. Each bloom ...

Apr. 8—This year, crocuses have been popping up in places that they haven't planted or popped up before. Even though the flowers are a sweet surprise, they have left many Mainers scratching ...

This week's Plant Pick is a crocus look-alike called autumn crocus that sends up leaves in spring, then dies back in summer, ... * What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) ...

The daughter corms grow above the mother corm, so over the years the working corms get closer to the surface. In colder areas, people mulch the saffron crocuses over the winter.

PASSERS-BY in Banbury Market will be showered in crocus corms in a final push to eradicate polio across the globe. The Rotary Club of Banbury is holding a free giveaway event on Saturday ...