These cheerful little flowers are mildly toxic to pets. Here are the main care requirements for growing a saffron crocus. Want more gardening tips? Sign up for our free gardening newsletter for ...

Growing saffron is as easy as planting a specific crocus bulb in September and harvesting the stigmas a few months later! You ...

Did you know that the world’s most expensive spice comes from a type of crocus? It’s true. Saffron is derived from Crocus ...

Each crocus has three small stigmas that have ... of hard manual labor to produce just 1 kilogram of high-quality saffron. Growing the plants isn't exactly easy either. David Smale: They're ...

As well as a spectacular location, Pampore is India's centre for saffron - a spice so valuable that it is sometimes called red gold. Derived from the crocus plant, saffron fetches around $1,500 ...

The stunning saffron crocus blooms with delicate lavender flowers ... it's a result of thousands of years of selective breeding. The saffron corms grow well planted under other plants.

To get a good display plant bulbs the autumn before and don’t cut off their leaves when they’ve finished flowering Grown for ...

Did you know the world’s most expensive spice comes from a type of crocus? It’s true. Saffron is derived from Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus.” While blooming crocuses are as ...