Saffron Crocus

I planted these last year. I had blooms in December the first year. They came up this October. Should be blooming end of November into December here in Northeast Ohio. I am surprised they bloom so late.

I bought some crocus bulbs and although they started growing, they died! All the plants and bulbs I have bought from this company have died.

I planted Crocus sativus in 2 areas last year. It looked so great that I planted more this year ... it bloomed the first year in the lighter loam soil. (We had saffron rice at dinner one night, and kitchari another night.) In the heavy clay soil, it bloomed the 2nd yr. (This time I made paella.) What a sweet, heavenly scent!

I was delighted to see this delicate and early flower to emergy out of the mulch and enchant me every day. I saved all the threads and used them for cooking. I bothered all my neighbors about the news, but they tolerated me with a benign smile. And here I thought I was educating them and they actually wanted to be educated. But who worries about delicate plants these days? Unless the blooms are bright red and as big as a dinner plate, who cares. And there were more blooms than I thought I had planted bulbs. We shall see this coming winter/spring.

Planted last fall - first harvest this year. Had them in a rolling planter that we put under and overhang to stay dry during the summer - rolled back out into the sun a month ago and they're doing great.

These bloomed in the bag last year almost as soon as I received the. They were planted within a week but never came up this year. Disappointed!

So good!! This is the second year they came back. And all blooming!

Bloomed in November the first year and I harvested saffron. It is October now and they are just starting to come up.

didn't bloom this year but it's been a very dry summer here

None of my crocus bulbs came up this year.