There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

Crocuses are beautiful, cup-shaped flowers synonymous with spring. Colors vary from white to yellow to purples and multicolored blooms. Crocuses are some of the earliest bloomers in the garden, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of all the small spring-bloomers, crocus, with its bright colors sometimes poking right up out of the snow, is a seasonal favorite. Late winter snow seldom damages these flowers; they simply close ...

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 ...

Just a week or so after the ground thaws–usually in late March–up come the perky purples, yellows and whites of crocuses, like cheery little signposts pointing the way to summer’s multicolored glory ...

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 ...

You know spring has begun when crocuses begin to grow, even through the snow. Their cheerful hues of white, yellow and lavender are most welcome after a winter of muted browns and grays. First to ...