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Saffron - Very Cold Tolerant Plant

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 Saffron (Crocus sativus L)

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the 'saffron crocus'. The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and coloring agent in food. The term “saffron” applies to the flower’s thread-like structures called stigma.

Saffron has a sweet, floral taste to it. It's earthy and has a complex nuanced flavor.

Saffron is a relatively easy plant to grow. It is very cold hardy, and thrives in extreme weather condition, and do well in low humidity, chill winter, and also hot and dry summer. Saffron is usually grown from corms which will be the 'mother' of the plant, after a while there will be baby corms growing under the mother and these will then push the 'mother' plant out and the new plants will take over. Technically you only need to buy the plants once as the baby corms from the mother plant will spread out and take over the 'mother' and continue multiplying.  Saffron can be grown both indoors and outdoors and will also grow without soil like in the hydroponics system.

Harvesting takes place for five to six weeks from the beginning of April; stigmas must be picked within 48 hours and dried quickly to retain maximum color. Saffron is harvested by hand. 

Plant Care 

Light

Full sun or part shade

Water 

Less water around winter and more around summer 2-3 times a week is maximum if you are growing them in a container.

Soil

It grows in all soil types, preferably in light and well-drained soil that is rich in organic matter. Best to grow in a large pot as they will spread out. Sandy soils are perfect for them. If you are growing them in pot, add more sand to the mix.

Fertilizer

Liquid fertiliser during growing season around Spring to late summer.

Wind

Hardy, leaves appear droopy by this is normal

Frost

Very cold hardy to -20.

Flowering

4-8 weeks after after the corms is being planted, flowering usually occurs around April.

Pruning

Not needed

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Adele McLean
Saffron

Arrived beautifully packaged with healthy soil which made it easy to transplant. Growing well so far 😊

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Heather Hamilton Metcalfe
Saffron

Very pleased with these. A little bit of extra reading regarding seasonal care (dormancy etc) was all that I needed to do