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The lavender coloured prairie crocus has been Manitoba’s flower for more than a century and nowhere in the province is its arrival in the spring celebrated more than in the tiny village of Arden ...
As Claire Hooper, Plant Area Manager at Hillier Garden Centre, explains, ‘To ensure a successful display of crocus flowers, the right planting timings and techniques are crucial.’So, this is ...
This week's Plant Pick is a crocus look-alike called autumn crocus that sends up leaves in spring, then dies back in summer, then sends up flowers but no leaves in fall.
Chris Griffiths / Getty Images. The saffron flower (Crocus sativus) gives us saffron, widely recognized as the world’s most expensive spice by weight.
More than 75,000 crocus flowers are needed to produce one pound of saffron. Image caption, The spice is used extensively in medicines and cooking in Kashmir with some claiming that saffron is an ...
There's treasure buried in the deep soil of Sequim - crocus sativus bulbs. They grow the flower that makes the most expensive spice in the world - saffron.
The winner, even among badgers, is Crocus tommasinianus, that delicate crocus with flowers of varying shades of lavender to purple on the inner and outer sides of its petals.
The world's top designers depend on the staff of Crocus nursery to work miracles down in SW3, coaxing plants into early growth and magnificent flower. Val Bourne finds out how they do it UK News ...