"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message in reply to..

The Reids :

Anybody tried growing it? Is the crocus available? I use a fair
amount of saffron so was considering a row on the allotment.

and after Victoria wrote..
I tried growing it when I was in Cheshire - found it difficult to get it
to
flower again after the first year - first year OK, second year, only one
flower, third year, leaves....

It may be that it didn't get on with my heavy clay soil, or that it
should
have been in a south facing rather than east-facing bed.

It is definitely not the easiest crocus - several other crocuses
thrived
in similar conditions.

IIRC it used to be grown commercially in the drier sunnier SE counties
(Saffron Waldon got its name that way). I've had the same experience as
Victoria in cool damp Scotland.


Same here, first year OK then it went downwards from there, and it was in
our S. facing, well drained, front garden.

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK