How to Grow Saffron: The World's Most Expensive Spice at Home
Learn how to grow saffron — the world's most expensive spice — right in your own garden. Saffron crocus is surprisingly easy to grow, producing delicate purple flowers each fall with precious red stigmas worth more than gold by weight. This guide covers planting corms, the unusual fall-blooming cycle, harvesting stigmas, drying and storing, multiplying your crop, and solutions to common problems.