The little crocuses that flower before Christmas have been neglected, perhaps because everyone muddles them with the "autumn crocus" - the colchicums - which are a much coarser affair. Colchicums are ...

Fall is the perfect time to plant spring-blooming flowers in your garden. This gorgeous perennial, however, might show its ...

As mid-November passes, the last purple drifts of saffron crocus ( Crocus sativus ) fade in the garden. But if you plant now, its cheerful color and habit will grace your garden next fall from ...

Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus, produces its deep-purple flowers in autumn. The petals protect the stigma inside, from which, when dried, saffron is collected. However, it needs 4,000 flowers to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a monocotyledonous plant propagated via corms, but recently several alternative methods have been reported. To ...

Evidence from both ancient artworks as well as genetics suggests that saffron, the world’s most expensive spice, originated from Bronze Age Greece around 1700 BC or earlier, according to a new review ...

If you’re all about edibles these days, you might try planting saffron crocus this season. Not only is it the prettiest little fall flower you can imagine, each little red thread (stigma) plucked from ...