The pretty purple saffron crocus produces the red threads behind the priciest spice on the shelf – plant corms now and you ...

Saffron is the stigma of a purple crocus, and every flower carries exactly three of them. They come out by hand in the hours ...

The origin of C. sativus has long been the subject of speculation and research, as this knowledge would enable breeders to introduce genetic diversity into the otherwise genetically uniform plant ...

With a price tag of up to €30,000 per kilogram, saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Sometimes it even exceeds the price of gold. Its typical aroma is produced by the apocarotenoid ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the first rains began in autumn, lilac-blue flowers thrust up through my lawn on bare stems, crocuses I ...

Plant the corms now and harvest the precious spice in a few weeks. We usually plant crocuses for a bright spot of color in early spring, but a very special one blooms in fall. Saffron crocus (Crocus ...

) fade in the garden. But if you plant now, its cheerful color and habit will grace your garden next fall from September to November. Saffron, obtained from the orange-red stigmas inside the flowers, ...

Gardeners on the hunt for something special, novel, exotic even, might consider growing saffron crocus for a personal supply of the expensive spice saffron. The spice saffron is produced by the ...

The origin of C. sativus has long been the subject of speculation and research, as this knowledge would enable breeders to introduce genetic diversity into the otherwise genetically uniform plant ...

For almost 100 years, there has been controversy as to the possible parent species of the saffron crocus are. If the parent species were known, changes could be inserted into the crocus genome by new ...