3 ms·
> My understanding is that saffron grows almost anywhere As in it grows in a farm, outside, under the sun, in Norway? Otherwise, Banana, coffee and Mango can
by geraneum 2y ago
> My understanding is that saffron grows almost anywhere
As in it grows in a farm, outside, under the sun, in Norway?
Otherwise, Banana, coffee and Mango can also be cultivated anywhere in a controlled/enclosed environment.
- ginko 2y agoGrows outside in people's front/back yards. People grow them for fun. Farming wouldn't make sense.
- malfist 2y agoSaffron comes from crocus flowers. Crocus is an extremely common plant, you can probably find bulbs for sale for it in ever big box home improvement store in the US during the spring
- analog31 2y agoIndeed, and they're well suited to northern climes. Here in the upper Midwest, they're one of the first things up in the spring, often poking up through the snow.
- Ichthypresbyter 2y agoIn the Netherlands and Flanders the week-long school break in late February/early March is called the Krokusvakantie (crocus vacation).
- geraneum 2y agoClose but not quite correct. Saffron comes from a specific Crocus plant named Crocus Sativus aka Autumn Crocus (because it blooms in Autumn). It’s easily mistaken with the other Crocus flowers. They require different climates. I can’t be sure (don’t live in US) but I would be surprised if they sell Saffron flowers in such stores as it wouldn’t make much sense for gardening, especially if want to have spring flowers.
- rwmj 2y agoIt's growing in our back garden which freezes solid every winter. In fact the crocus is very hardy - it grows on a path which we walk over every day. (I still buy saffron in the shops.)
- geraneum 2y agoPeople commonly mistake other Crocus family flowers with Saffron's. Are you sure it's Crocus Sativus? Crocus is common and the flower looks very similar to Saffron's but it is not that. When do they bloom? If they bloom in Spring (which I suspect they do, they are also common here in Germany) they are not exactly the same plant and they have different requirements.
- herbst 2y agoNot Norway but there is a place in Switzerland, far up the in the Alps, very proud of it's saffron traditions.