🚨 PSA: Growing saffron is NOT the same as growing crocus 🚨 I keep seeing people say “If you already grow crocus, you already grow saffron.” ❌ Wrong. Here’s the truth: 👉 Not all crocus are created equal. 👉 The only crocus that produces saffron spice is Crocus sativus. 👉 Your spring-blooming purple crocus that pops up in the yard? Beautiful, yes. Edible saffron? Absolutely not. So no—you can’t sprinkle saffron on your dinner just because you’ve got random crocus in your flower bed. That’s lik

Saffron Crocus, Crocus sativus | American Meadows

Planting crocus tubers in the soil on a field, growing autumn saffron