Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of a purple Crocus sativus flower - meisam sharifnezhad/Shutterstock Despite their ...

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) ...

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

Specialty bulbs, sometimes called minor bulbs, reflect the many other spring bulb treasures that can be planted in fall to herald the next growing season. Because many are diminutive, they are perfect ...

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. Len Horst owns an organic gardening supply ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge to add shades of green and purple to the gray. However, you don't have to wait until the ...