Crocuses are thermoperiodic plants, which means they rely on temperature cues rather than day length to dictate their lifecycle. Their corms (a type of bulb) also usually need a cold spell in autumn ...

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 their ...

A few days ago, I went out searching for crocuses. The sun had been warm enough to dry the hilltops and gravel roads and so I thought a few of them may have been summoned. With my head down searching, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For as long as I have been gardening in Colorado, this is the first year I did not have crocuses in bloom by mid-January. Buried beneath several feet of snow ...

There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

An impressive copper beech tree is surrounded by purple crocuses The crocuses have sprung up in Wiltshire in a week that has also seen a visit from the Queen and an auction of items belonging to ...

Crocuses are beautiful, cup-shaped flowers synonymous with spring. Colors vary from white to yellow to purples and multicolored blooms. Crocuses are some of the earliest bloomers in the garden, ...

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. Crocus bulbs are ...

Q: I saw lots of crocuses blooming this weekend. Did the early frost confuse them? Will they come back next spring? A: My guess is that you saw autumn crocuses, which aren't really the same crocuses ...

Crocuses are like Hamlet's sorrows: they come not single spies, but in battalions. It is remarkable how one day there seem scarcely any around, and the next they are everywhere. This seems especially ...

The crocuses have sprung up in Wiltshire in a week that has also seen a visit from the Queen and an auction of items belonging to sports broadcasting legend David Coleman. Despite a rather wet ...