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

And if you have any left over, you can store these winter soups in the freezer. Like crocuses after a spring snowstorm, they will be none the worse for the wear and just as vibrant in your bowl.

The crocuses are blooming at the Steffen house in Alpine Township. The first one that I saw opened up was on Tuesday – this pic. was from Wednesday. The pic. above shows daffodils at my house… ...

The part of the plant you actually eat -- the vivid crimson stigmas -- produce saffron, the world's most coveted and expensive spice, and they come from just one plant: Crocus sativus. These stigmas ...

As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths ...

Whether you love cheerful daffodils, pint-sized crocuses, majestic tulips or dainty camassias, there are plenty of gardens to visit where you can take in the glorious swathes of spring flowering ...

Crocuses are packed full of pollen and are particularly beneficial when they flower in early spring. But while these stunning blooms are most commonly grown to brighten up the garden towards the ...

Purple crocuses were chosen because children who receive the polio vaccine have their little finger dipped in purple dye so they can be easily identified as being inoculated.

High pressure will bring partly sunny skies and breezy conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be rather cool on Tuesday with highs in the mid-30s to the lower 40s. Temperatures should moderate ...

One beautiful Sunday the whole of his crocuses were found bitten and torn by sparrows, and, what is noteworthy, also some yellow crocuses which had somehow wandered into my lot, while the blue and ...

May not the case of the crocuses mentioned by Mr. Renshaw be explained as similar to that of schoolboys, who eagerly try a bright unknown berry and soon leave off when it is unpalatable?