Spring has sprung in western Manitoba. And one of the surest signs of spring in Manitoba has got to be Manitoba’s provincial flower, the prairie crocus. As we navigate through unprecedented ...

And there were crocuses. Literally hundreds of them. They brightened the brown prairie grass everywhere I looked so I laid down to get a few pictures. Ladybugs trundled around them, ants crawled ...

10.5 x 7.5 in 26.7 x 19.1 cm Framed size: 14.25 x 11.25 in 36.2 x 28.6 cm ...

It probably looked a little peculiar. A grown man (me), slithering along the hillside on his belly, swimming through thistles and thorns, snapping pictures like a paparazzi gone plant-crazy. But, you ...

And for some, they're simply known as crocuses. Lying low to the ground and with their fuzzy stems, the purple prairie flower is a harbinger of spring, providing hard evidence that winter is ...

Not as well known is that the same can be done with most spring-flowering bulbs, such as daffodils, crocuses, and grape hyacinths. As with perennials, spring bulbs sometimes benefit from division ...

Little black specks on the hillsides and in the draws are arriving like little beacons of hope with the crocuses ... Runway” or “Little House on the Prairie,” depending on how it all ...

Paprika turns out to be dried peppers. But my favorite realization was that saffron, a revered spice (and rightly so), is just the stigma of crocuses, and you can purchase those crocuses and grow ...

Which bulbs are ‘minor bulbs’? Perhaps the most well-known of the minor bulbs is the crocus (Crocus spp.), which displays white, cream, purple, lavender, orange or yellow flowers above 2- to 5 ...

(Translation) I have observed here that sparrows have shown a very considerable partiality for yellow crocuses during this spring. My neighbour and I vied with each other in our spring beds ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Last spring, Katie Stuble was surprised when her daffodils popped out of the ground on the same day as her crocuses. Never had that happened before. Usually, the crocuses came ...

and even to the crocus. Indeed, the consonants of the word have been found in Egyptian inscriptions where they denote the lotus. Upon comparing the Biblical passages Matthew vi., 28, and Luke xil., ...