Comments on: First Crocus of Spring

By: Rhonabwy » Spring

Rhonabwy » Spring — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:36:27 +0000

[...] BBum has much better pictures of Crocus‘ though. [...]

By: Joe Heck

Joe Heck — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:29:45 +0000

I’m right there with you on the crocii – I always use them as my harbinger of spring. Not so much snow in Seattle, but they’re still the early flowers. Incredible pics! I took one the other day with my iphone, just to have a pic. Not surprisingly, it doesn’t even come close to comparing.

An interesting note about the saffron crocus – they are among the crocus that bloom in the fall, not the spring. We have a few in our yard that we maintain. We harvest them each year – 3 stamens a piece. Not a whole lot of saffron, but enough for a nice dish of something in the fall.

By: Adrian Milliner

Adrian Milliner — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:14:37 +0000

Thanks for the lesson on saffron – I didn’t know that.
Lots of croci around where I live (London, UK) but it still doesn’t feel like spring.
I blame Phil and his excellent shadow awareness.