Apr. 8—This year, crocuses have been popping up in places that they haven't planted or popped up before. Even though the flowers are a sweet surprise, they have left many Mainers scratching ...

(Translation) I have observed here that sparrows have shown a very considerable partiality for yellow crocuses during this spring. My neighbour and I vied with each other in our spring beds; he ...

Purple crocuses were chosen because children who receive the polio vaccine have their little finger dipped in purple dye so they can be easily identified as being inoculated.

Letter Published: 03 May 1877 Yellow Crocuses JAMES SHAW Nature 16, 8 (1877) Cite this article ...

By Phran Novelli 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.

Purple crocuses were chosen because children who receive the polio vaccine have their little finger dipped in purple dye so they can be easily identified as being inoculated. Mr Parish said ...

Crocuses are very easy to grow, requiring minimal maintenance, and are relatively disease free. They can be used at the front of a border, naturalised in lawns or under and around trees.

Crocuses are like a bulb plant, although their root is not an actual bulb. The flat bulb-shaped portion of the plant is called a corm, which is similar to a bulb in the sense that it can be dug up ...

What look like crocuses blooming now out of season are autumn crocuses or Colchicum autumnale, which aren't the same as more familiar spring-blooming crocuses.

Yes, it's true, the crocuses are coming. Hidden under frozen layers of this year's winter, waiting to catch a break, are those cheery harbingers of spring. But there's never enough of them. If you ...