These arms show the Saffron Crocus within the walls of the castle.

He collected samples and compiled information on many aspects of the saffron crocus.

For example, he wrote of the entry on the saffron crocus, "Our author in this chapter was of many minds."

Unlike some garden crocuses that herald the end of winter, the saffron crocus emerges from the soil in fall.

It must come from the flowers of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus).

It can not reproduce because the saffron crocus's purple flowers do not produce useful seeds.

The wild plant from which the saffron crocus came was called Crocus cartwrightianus.

When the chieftain obliged, the two holy men reputedly gave them a saffron crocus bulb as payment and thanks.

It's derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus and has a deep auburn colour and sweet flavour.

The wild precursor of domesticated saffron crocus was Crocus cartwrightianus.

She bewitches Crocus: he is transformed-into a saffron crocus.

Another legend tells how someone named Crocus was bewitched and transformed into the original saffron crocus.

Plant saffron crocus in early September and the flowers will be ready for harvest in October or November.

The various saffron crocus cultivars give rise to thread types that are often regionally distributed and characteristically distinct.

The saffron crocus resulted when C. cartwrightianus was subjected to a lot of artificial selection by growers who wanted plants with longer stigmas.

The cultivated saffron (saffron crocus C. sativus) flowers in the autumn and comes up every year, so it is known as a perennial plant.

One of the most famous of the fall-blooming crocuses is Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus.

The domesticated saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, is an autumn-flowering perennial plant unknown in the wild.

Saffron spice is derived from the flowers of the plant named Crocus sativus (saffron crocus).

(The saffron crocus is Crocus sativus, a fall blooming species, which is grown for its stigmas.

Saffron yellow comes from the dried pistils of the saffron crocus, but this plant is now extremely rare and the colour is exceptionally expensive.

Crocuses, including the saffron crocus (Crocus spp.)

Autumn crocus also refers to the true crocuses that bloom then, including Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus).

Saffron in the Garden Q. Last fall I read about a farmer who grows a few acres of saffron crocus to harvest and sell locally.

C. cartwrightianus is the presumed wild precursor of the domesticated and now widely cultivated triploid Crocus sativus - the saffron crocus flower,.