There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

Instead of leaving your garden barren in winter, choose from these winter flowers that thrive in cold temperatures, from ...

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

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

COLORFUL CROCUS LAWNS: Planting a crocus lawn can give a burst of color and charm to the garden with minimal effort. (National Garden Bureau) “September’s Baccalaureate – a combination is of crickets ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The lockdowns have been hard on old friends, banning meetings and turning them into virtual realities. In the ...

Crocuses carry an outsize flower and are very decorative for such a small plant. The flower tube is taller than the leaves, at least initially, and weighs several times more than the leaves put ...

We may not have any snow in the south of England, but our lawn is covered with snow crocuses (Crocus sieberi). Individually these slender lilac blooms are insignificant, but en masse they are ...

16:24, Wed, Sep 24, 2025 Updated: 16:27, Wed, Sep 24, 2025 Summer is giving way to autumn and with it comes the end of the busy season for gardeners. But there's no time to rest - as garden experts ...