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What bulbs do well in mild winter areas of California? - California Gardening
... so late in spring the weather is too warm and they don't amount to much. Crocus: The regular hybrid crocuses are hit or miss, they will bloom, and come back for a ... saxatilis MIDDLE-EAST TULIP Tulipa sylvestris FRAGRANT WILD TULIP ... and one very good Crocus(a fall bloomer): Crocus sativus (SAFFRON CROCUS) Entered by DAVISSUE_zone9 California Gardening FAQ Page GardenWeb Home Page | Forums | ...
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Desirable Herb Varieties: Saffron
... retail is not any difficulty in growing the plant--it's just a variety of autumn crocus--but the hand labor required to harvest the spice itself in quantity; in quantities suited for ... meadow crocuses (sometimes confusingly also called saffron crocuses); be utterly sure you are getting real Crocus sativus, not Colchicum autumnale. Planting Your chosen seed house will probably send you the bulbs at ...
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Hunt Institute: Ex Libris Carnegie Mellon
... the detail of an image to see a full-page version of an image. Title page 1. Crocus sativus 2. Lustgrten und Pflantzungen 3. Sanicula 4. Carduus Fullonum 5. Lentisco del Peru 6. Blauuwe ... on the astrolabe 9. Mine pump 10. Machinery Hall 11. Valentinian hereticus 12. Secunda musculorum tabula 1. "Crocus sativus et Montanus primus," from Part 3: Autumnus, plate 23 of Crispijn van de Passe's Hortus ...
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The Secret Garden
... or you view the series in sequence starting from the book cover. Book cover Figure 1. Amaryllis, Hippeastrum puniceum Figure 14. Calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica Figure 23. Crocus, Saffron Crocus sativus Figure 28. Cyclamen, Frilly Cyclamen persicum (Frilly cultivar) Figure 30. Daffodil, Narcissus 'King Alfred' Figure 31. Daffodil, Peruvian Hymenocallis narcissiflora Figure 52. Iris, German ...
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Saffron Web Site Index
Saffron Web Site Index Saffron The Adventure What is This stuff? The Crocus Sativus Parts of the Crocus Sativus Can I Grow It? * Cultivation * Harvesting Saffron How Much Is It?! Checking Quality Saffron's History Let's Cook! Saffron Recipes Submit a New Recipe! Other Saffron Foods Other Uses for Saffron Medicinal Uses Saffron as a Dye * Mordants and Binders for ...
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Floridata: Crocus spp.
... . Description There are some 80 species and hundreds of hybrids and cultivars in the genus Crocus, all of which are small, clump forming perennials that grow from corms (bulblike underground swollen stems ... Crocuses are especially appealing in pots, and can be brought indoors when blooming. The dried stigmas of Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus, are used in cooking for color and flavoring. Saffron ...
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Information about Saffron Crocus
... family. The flowers have three bright, orange-red stigmas which are the true saffron of the Crocus sativus. The plant is indigenous to Western Asia and has been cultivated for thousands of years. ... wait until the following spring. When leaves have faded and the bulbs are dormant, withhold water. Saffron crocus can be grown in areas with cold winters but the corms must be lifted and brought indoors ...
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Crocus
... So. Europe; saffron spice used to color and flavor food is from the dried stigmas of sativus, 7000 flowers needed to produce an ounce of saffron, used in ancient times to 1500 BC ... outside of flowers often striped, native to Greece speciosus subsp. speciosus (spee-see-o' sus)--Showy Crocus, cold hardy to zone 4, leaves appearing after flowers, one scented flower susianus:angustifolius tommasinianus ( ...
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Open Directory - Home: Gardening: Plants: C: Crocus
... out. The Crocus - Discussion of different varieties of crocuses and planting considerations, by Brian Baldwin. Saffron - The history and culture of saffron, harvested from fall-flowereing crocus sativus. "Crocus" search on: All the Web - AltaVista - Gigablast - Google USENET - Google - HotBot - Lycos - Teoma - WiseNut - Yahoo Volunteer to edit this category. Copyright 1998-2005 Netscape Terms of ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Iridaceae: Crocus
... abuse/spam | help the entire directory only in Iridaceae/Crocus Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Iridaceae: Crocus (2) Crocus alatavicus - image Saffron - Information about saffron (Crocus sativus) and its use. Includes photos. "Crocus" search on: AltaVista - A9 - AOL - Ask - Clusty - Gigablast - Google - Lycos - MSN - WiseNut - Yahoo Volunteer to edit ...
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