Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more ...

A wooden greenhouse surrounded by autumn flowers and leaves - Katerina Maksymenko/Shutterstock Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge ...

Just because summer is almost over doesn't mean we have to say goodbye to fresh floral blooms. While the spring crocus is noted as a herald of warmer weather, the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) ...

Planting most bulbs requires patience … a lot of patience. We plant them in the fall and then must wait until spring to enjoy the benefits of our labor. Colchicums are the exception — perfect for ...

What: Colchicum ‘The Giant’ is a hybrid colchicum have extra large vase-shaped flowers in autumn. The lavender-rose blooms have white at the base inside the petals. These magnificent flowers burst ...

If you ask me for a plant that blooms in the fall, the first group of plants that I would think of are in the aster family. This would include mums, goldenrod, New England aster and. of course. the ...

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 ...

What: In September, Colchicum “Waterlily’s” pink and creamy white buds burst from the ground and quickly open to large fully double lavender-pink blooms. The vibrant flowers are a welcome site at this ...

* What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) that sends up foot-tall, lance-leafed green leaves in spring, then dies back over summer, then sends up leafless stems in late summer that produce ...

Saffron is a pricy spice harvested from a fall-flowering crocus. Learn how to grow it to harvest your own saffron.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gardener planting flower bulb in her yard - Halfpoint Images/Getty Images Just because summer is almost over doesn't mean we ...