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 ...

Buy the largest saffron crocus bulbs you can find, as they will produce the most vigorous plants and the largest flowers. The bulbs can range from 1/2 inch to more than an inch across.

Plant your saffron crocus bulbs in full sun in rich porous soil as soon as possible. Plant the bulbs at least three times their diameter deep, about 2 or 3 inches deep.

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 ...

Saffron is commercially produced in places like Morocco and Spain, so select a site that will replicate the hot, dry conditions of those countries. Saffron crocus bulbs can only be planted in fall.

In addition, producing that pound of saffron worth $5,000 would require between 50,000 and 75,000 crocus plants. The best growers get about four pounds of saffron per acre.

Saffron comes from Crocus sativus. It is the most expensive spice in the world with one pound of dry saffron costing as much as $5,000 and requiring the harvest of 50,000 to 75,000 flowers.

Ellen Higgins from Millthorpe Saffron on growing the flowers that make the exotic spice "I actually just enjoy it on my muesli," Ms Higgins said. "People sort of look at me a bit strange but when ...

Saffron fields are irrigated only once or twice during the winter gestation period. The saffron bulbs, which are fertile for up to seven years, are planted in August and September, and the flowers ...

In addition, producing that pound of saffron worth $5,000 would require between 50,000 and 75,000 crocus plants. The best growers get about four pounds of saffron per acre.