25 Saffron Plant Bulbs – Crocus Sativus – The World’s Most Expensive Spice

Saffron Crocus Bulbs – Rare Spice – Crocus Sativus Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, but not because it is hard to grow – it is the hand harvesting of the thread-like filaments that makes it pricey. Even if you don’t intend to cook with saffron, add some crocus sativus to your garden for fall blooms in a rock garden or other sunny spot that has well-drained soil. Saffron_Crocuses Get out your favorite Spanish or other ethnic cookbook and begin to dream! Soon you’ll be growing your own supply of saffron, that painfully expensive spice that is called for in so many delicious recipes including Seafood Paella, Golden Saffron Cake, and Mushrooms and Leeks with Saffron Rice. And keep in mind, just because you’ve found the source, now’s no time to forget your culinary buddies. Share. It begins blooming in September and continues through October! The purple flowers have deep purple veining! It’s orange-red stigmas are the source of saffron, the worlds most expensive spice! Plant in full sun or partial shade and well-drained soil. In cooler regions the Saffron Crocus can be grown in containers. You can harvest the saffron when the flowers are blooming Saffron, used by Gourmet Chefs in many dishes, is the spice derived from the flower of the Crocus sativus or saffron crocus plant. Saffron, native to Southwest Asia, has long been among the world’s most expensive spices by weight! It takes 150,000 orange-red stigmas of the flowers of the saffron crocus to make two pounds of saffron spice.