Saffron Re: [Sca-cooks] Planting in my garden

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> But I have a question about Saffron.  I planted the bulbs last fall -
> they all shot up and had lovely green spikes of leaves - no flowers.
> And this spring the leaves were starting to spike up again.   Last
> night I noticed that the leaves are all kinda hanging over.   Having
> never grown Saffron before - does it go dormant during the summer?
> And the leaves grow back when the weather again starts to cool down?
> Or should the leaves remain spiky and upright all summer long?

According to everyone I've asked, yes, Saffron goes dormant in the summer.

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