Mark Fane (left) and Peter Clay (right), behind Crocus, have won over 33 golds at The Chelsea Flower Show - Clara Molden Imagine if the Chelsea Flower Show gardens were films. The designers would be ...

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) ...

A vivid lilac flower might seem an unlikely symbol for the fight against cancer, but the autumn crocus helped Bradford University scientists develop a revolutionary tumour-blasting 'smart bomb' cancer ...

There's treasure buried in the deep soil of Sequim - crocus sativus bulbs. They grow the flower that makes the most expensive spice in the world - saffron. Len Horst owns an organic gardening supply ...

* What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) that sends up foot-tall, lance-leafed green leaves in spring, then dies back over summer, then sends up leafless stems in late summer that produce ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: At the British Science Festival in Bradford, UK, the local university made a worldwide ...

The Boston Flower & Garden Show, which runs through March 16 at the Seaport World Trade Center, is one of the early signs of spring. The theme of this year’s exhibit is “Romance in the Garden,” and ...

Following a sunny weekend and a favourable Countryfile weather forecast that inspired lots of Sunday night business, Crocus, the gardening website, is bustling with nearly 1,000 orders. Staff on ...