Grow guide
How to grow Saffron Crocus
Crocus sativus
- Type
- Edible flower
- Zones
- USDA zones 6–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 42–70 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Hardy
- Sowing
- bulb
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water As needed
- Mulch Annual
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Plant corms in late summer; harvest red stigmas mid-morning when flowers fully open; corms multiply and improve yield over years.
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