[Sca-cooks] Planting in my garden

[Olwen the Odd]

Saffron is a fall bloomer.  You shouldn't really even have any shoots at all
right now.  Now till after Pennsic and then some.  It is common not to have
any blossoms the first year, the second excpect a few, by the third and
fourth year you should do well.  They come up so late in the garden that I
used to paint stones next to where I had the bulbs planted so I wouldn't put
something on them.  You do know to pick the flowers when they bloom out on
the first day?  And the aroma is so wonderful!  Wish they could bottle that!
Olwen

>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?
>
>So, my shopping list for the weekend includes:  rosemary, parsley (potted-
>to keep it away from the darn rabbits), some more thyme (I love the lemon).
>And perhaps some hyssop or summer savory.   And some more lavender.
>
>Some dill and anise for the ditch out front.  Did I mention my lovage is
>four feet tall already?  And the yarrow is threatening to overrun its
>garden?
>
>Kateryn de Devleyn
>in the northern parts of Calontir (ie: Iowa).
>
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