About 150 of the crocuses were taken from a nearby site and replanted in the city A project is under way to try to halt the decline of Nottinghamshire's county flower in the region. The autumn crocus ...

Dutch crocus is an ideal bulb to naturalise in grass. 'Pickwick' is a lovely variety with delicate white flowers, veined with deep purple. The flowers appear from spring to early summer but during ...

Inkpen, West Berkshire: Its display of crocuses is the largest in the country, and it has a venerable history – but what kind of history, nobody quite knows There is a small boggy valley of old ...

I’VE never liked the phrase ‘spring has sprung’. It suggests the season of rebirth arrives in a single flourish over a matter of days – one minute it’s winter then Bang! This, however, is not my ...

The vibrant crocus bulbs will blow away any winter cobwebs still lurking around A carpet of colourful crocuses Fresh Saffron flowers known also as Crocus sativus used as a spice for flavoring and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The lockdowns have been hard on old friends, banning meetings and turning them into virtual realities. In the ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: To honor my mother, I would like to plant crocus bulbs on her grave site. And of course the cemetery is going to mow them off in the spring. Will they survive, or is this a waste of ...