As mid-November passes, the last purple drifts of saffron crocus ( Crocus sativus ) fade in the garden. But if you plant now ... saffron adds a deep yellow color to rice, broth, soups and other ...

Commonly called autumn crocus and sometimes ... No spring flowers appear. The leaves manufacture food for fall blooms and then, early in summer, begin to yellow before they disappear.

There is nothing better after a long, hard winter than seeing crocus dot the landscape with their colorful cup shaped blooms. Flower colors come in shades of blue, violet, white and yellow.

Gardeners will be particularly aware of this problem, with birds often eating the yellow crocus flowers in preference to those of other colours. This behaviour is far from new. There was much ...