Three years ago I bought some saffron crocuses from American Meadows. The day they came in the mail I planted them. The little grassy leaves came up but no flowers ( Read more... )

My fall bulbs have started to come in, and with the iris and Colchicum came bulbs for Crocus Sativus - the Saffron Crocus! I'm in zone 4, so I've planted them in a container so I can take them in when it gets too cold for them. I'm so excited; hope they come up soon, as they're fall-blooming. Whatever happens, I'll definitely post an update, for ( Read more... )

In addition to the snowdrops that have spouted I now how crocuses (croci?!), tulips & daffs.
So far only the snowdrops & crocuses have flowered.

Snowdrop Single - Elwesii

Crocus:
Advance
Blue Pearl
Mixed
Plus some I dug up from the old house!

Narcissus:
Dutch Master
Kedron
Tete a tete (I bought these as an indoor arrangement last spring & planted the bulbs ( Read more... )

I mean the garden of course!

The snowdrop was a snowdrop... although not quite like the ones I remember from the UK, it's still pretty!

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There's a garden bed near the house, surrounded by sidewalk; the first crocus of the year always bloom there, even though it's also where all the snow from the sidewalk ends up.  The big lavender-ish crocus were up and blooming there a few days ago (zone 5, southern Wisconsin).  It's been warm - nearly 60 today - so there are only isolated patches ( Read more... )

Most of us think of crocus as a harbinger of spring but there are fall blooming species as well. One of these fall bloomers Crocus sativus, whose girly bits are the source of saffron. The saffron crocus is a pretty purple thing with long red/orange style and stigmas. There are other saffron crocus species as well but C. sativus is the most ( Read more... )

I feel like I've been swimming in a mud puddle, but I've only been working in the garden for the last two hours. Fall clean up is mostly complete, including staking the prone aster (when I got it back to vertical it was taller than I am) and the monkshood. I planted lots of bulbs: three kinds of daffodils, tulips (the candy stick kind), ( Read more... )

My husband Loves to cook, I love to eat the things that he's cooked.  One thing that we see crop up in recipes every now and then is Saffron, which, sadly, is not a part of our strict budget.  I started looking into it and it's part of the crocus flower!  And it will grow just fine here in Zone 7!

After doing some looking around it seems like White ( Read more... )

Spring has to be getting close, right?


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Don't tell the crocuses the groundhog saw his shadow.


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