Typically, a saffron crocus corm is productive for four to five years. During that lifespan, it continues to reproduce underground, giving you more plants each year. After five years, you can dig ...

Plants and flowers feature differently ... the Macedonian kings’ other residence, where small crocuses and large ones (colchicums to us) wind among lilies, acanthus, perhaps some narcissi ...

If you love the delicate, colourful blooms of crocus plants, you’re not alone. Flowering from late winter to early spring, many people choose to add this burst of colour to their seasonal gardens.

In October and November fields around the town turn purple as the crocus plants bloom. Autumn also sees the intricate work of harvesting, when the deep-red threads, called stigma, are removed from ...