Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more ...

Now that summer is drawing to a close, it's a good time to learn how to plant crocus bulbs. These perennials may be small, but they bring a welcome splash of colour amongst the late-winter gloom, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - All of a sudden, it seems, in late winter come the first signs of spring - lawns loaded with pretty purple, light lavender or sometimes yellow or white crocuses. Crocus bulbs are ...

Dear Master Gardener: I am designing a memorial garden at our church and was wondering about planting crocus bulbs this fall. There is a verse in the Bible that says, “The desert shall rejoice and ...

Q: I saw lots of crocuses blooming this weekend. Did the early frost confuse them? Will they come back next spring? A: My guess is that you saw autumn crocuses, which aren't really the same crocuses ...

Just because summer is almost over doesn't mean we have to say goodbye to fresh floral blooms. While the spring crocus is noted as a herald of warmer weather, the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring crocuses are considered mildly toxic. Photo: Getty Images As soon as the first rays of sun warm the ground, crocuses push ...

Many garden enthusiasts are at all familiar with the Autumn Crocus — colchicum autumnale — a cold-hardy, perennial that blooms in mid-September in our area. That’s primarily because it rarely can be ...

“September’s Baccalaureate – a combination is of crickets — crows — and retrospects and a dissembling breeze.” – Emily Dickinson. “September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, ...

Even among other little brown blobs — inconspicuous detritus such as abandoned cocoons, say, or concretions of lint — the bulbs of species crocus look unremarkable. When planted in the soil — as ...