• Good in pots
• Dye herb
• Low growing aromatic

Saffron is the worlds mostly costly spice; it takes about 36,000 flowers to yield about a pound (0.454kg) of stamens. It has been used as both a culinary and medicinal herb for many hundreds of years. In autumn, each saffron bulb produces between one and seven purple/pink flowers with three yellow stamens drooped over the petals and these are the part harvested, dried and used.

Plant care

• Height: 10-30cm
• Type: Hardy
• Aspect: Sun
• Soil: Any/alkaline
• Flower colour: Pink
• Flowering period: August – November