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Posted in Exhibitions on January 28 2020, by Matt Newman
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Saffron has been prized by civilizations for millennia. Ancient Egyptians used saffron to make perfume, and 4,000-year-old frescoes in the Greek islands of Santorini and Crete depict people plucking flowers from cultivated saffron fields. Each Crocus sativus flower produces a three-pronged, golden-colored pistil (the female reproductive part of a flower), which is the source of the spice. It is the most expensive spice in the world due to its labor-intensive production and very low yield: one pound of dried saffron requires more than 50,000 crocus flowers.
This is just one of many herbs and spices featured in our new Exhibit Lab, Flavors of Morocco, highlighting this North African cultural crossroads, its culinary traditions, and the plants that support them—reflecting the blend of cultures that have intermingled in Morocco throughout history. See it here in our Ross Gallery through March 15.
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on March 20 2019, by Garrett Barziloski
Happy Spring Equinox! Join us and explore the first signs of our most colorful season of the year, from the earliest crocuses to the vibrant buds of rhododendrons and Japanese apricot trees. For something a bit more out of the ordinary, look for visually striking Chrysosplenium macrophyllum in the Azalea Garden.
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Posted in Photography on March 10 2016, by Matt Newman
Up come the crocuses by the dozen, winking to life for the sudden arrival of spring.
Crocus tommasinianus near the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on March 15 2014, by Lansing Moore
The crocus is a real early bird, one of the first to bloom when winter is at its end. Paired with the snowdrops we have already seen, it’s a good sign.
Crocus in the Seasonal Walk – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 8 2013, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 27 2013, by Matt Newman
They’re starting! That dainty vanguard of spring, in all its violet, white, and sunny yellow splendor–the crocuses are here! If there’s never been hope for the return of warmth and greenery before now, you can finally rest easy in the knowledge that these little harbingers are ringing in the new season.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 29 2012, by Matt Newman
Welcome, wild harbinger of spring!
To this small nook of earth;
Feeling and fancy fondly cling
Round thoughts which owe their birth
To thee, and to the humble spot
Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.
– Bernard Barton, “To a Crocus” (1827)
Forgive me for crooning verse so early in the year, but it seems spring has no qualms with breaking schedule. These little guys have popped up near Wamsler Rock.
Crocus chrysanthus ‘Cream Beauty’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 24 2012, by Matt Newman
Finding photographers among the NYBG staff is proving easier than expected! The Herbarium’s Amy Weiss was kind enough to share these crocuses with us, complete with visitors. The flowers seem glad of the mesh we put down to keep hungry interlopers from rooting around in the soil.
Photo by Amy Weiss.
Posted in Photography on March 21 2011, by Plant Talk
Crocus tommasinianus (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Gardens and Collections on February 11 2009, by Plant Talk
