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Plant in September-October and they’ll flower in November! Crocus sativus are hardy bulbs and can be planted 10-15cm deep in pots or borders outside. You can also grow them indoors if you like! They’ll soon start to sprout and you should get your first blooms within just a couple of months. Pick the red stigmas on the day the flowers open and leave to dry for 2-3 weeks on a dry cloth or kitchen paper. Store in a jar once dried and use the saffron in cooking or hot drinks. The grassy foliage shou

Saffron is a fascinating plant - in the crocus genus, it grows from little corms that throw out long green spindly leaves and low blooming flowers that produce three orange-red stigmas. These three stigmas ARE what we know as saffron in a spice jar. Even wilder, there is no known example of Crocus sativus in the wild - it appears to be a mutation from a predecessor that is now entirely propagated through human cultivation! | All About Gardening