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 ...

Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Key Takeaways Saffron may help improve mood and mental health by boosting brain ...

Question: Have you ever grown saffron crocus? Does it grow in our climate? Answer: Saffron is reportedly the most expensive spice in the world. This rich spice comes from a fall-blooming species of ...

If you’re all about edibles these days, you might try planting saffron crocus this season. Not only is it the prettiest little fall flower you can imagine, each little red thread (stigma) plucked from ...

Close-up of a purple Crocus sativus flower - meisam sharifnezhad/Shutterstock Despite their resemblance, most crocus species and lookalikes are inedible or outright ...

Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon a little white sign stuck into a 4-inch pot that read "Saffron crocus $2.50" at the booth at the . OK, first of all, these bulbs, especially already started, ...

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 ...

“Both ancient artworks and genetics point to Bronze Age Greece, in approximately 1700 BCE or earlier, as the origin of saffron’s domestication,” Ludwig Mann, lead author of the study from Technische ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2024), pp. 75-82 (8 pages) Saffron Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae) is one of the most valuable and expensive medicinal plants in the world. In order to ...

Saffron is the most expensive herb in the world at thousands of dollars a pound. The bright red stigmas add yellow color and a flavor that’s part of Persian, Spanish, Indian, Asian and Pennsylvania ...

For almost 100 years, there has been controversy as to the possible parent species of the saffron crocus are. If the parent species were known, changes could be inserted into the crocus genome by new ...