Saffron Crocus Corms – Grow Your Own Saffron Spice
$16.50 – $50.05
Large saffron crocus corms at 9/10 cm and up, each capable of two to four lilac-purple blooms in the first season. Harvest your own deep-red saffron threads from the autumn flowers, then let these cold-hardy perennials multiply over the years.
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Three scarlet stigmas per flower, hand-picked and dried, are what the world pays more for by weight than almost any other spice. Crocus sativus gives you those stigmas in your own garden, from corms planted in late summer that flower within six to eight weeks.
Why grow Saffron Crocus Corms
Saffron is the only spice you can grow on a windowsill and harvest with tweezers. A hundred corms produce roughly a gram of dried saffron in the first year — enough for several paellas — and the patch multiplies, so the harvest grows every season without replanting.
How to plant and care for it
Plant corms 10–15 cm deep and 10 cm apart in late summer, in full sun and very free-draining soil. They flower in October and November, when little else does. Harvest at dawn, pluck the three red stigmas and dry them on paper for a day. Leave the foliage to die back naturally — that is what feeds next year’s corms. Lift and divide every three to four years.
Quick facts
| Botanical name | Crocus sativus |
| Flower colour | Lilac-purple with scarlet stigmas |
| Height | 10–15 cm |
| Spacing | 10 cm apart, 10–15 cm deep |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil | Very free-draining, slightly alkaline |
| Bloom time | October–November |
| Hardiness | USDA zones 6–9 |
| Harvest | 3 stigmas per flower |
| Divide every | 3–4 years |
| Number of Products | 10Bulbs, 15Bulbs, 4Bulbs, 6Bulbs, 8Bulbs |
|---|---|
| Color | Purple |
Reviews
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Packaging was simple but did the job. Bulbs looked healthy. Flowers were tiny but very pretty.
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Perfect for the rock garden. Looked like little jewels!
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Great crocus bulbs! Firm, healthy, no mold. Sprouted fast. 5 stars!
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All sprouted, lovely colors. Great seller.
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