{"title":"Herfstbloeiende bloembollen","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"krokus-speciosus","title":"Crocus speciosus","description":"\"The Crocus speciosus is a Crocus which always makes me happy. This little flower has been growing in my front yard for years, every year it appears around the end of October with its breath-taking lilac-pink colour which suits the autumn ambience perfectly. It’s the nicest thing, the moment you think the best times for your garden have passed, the crocus speciosus rises from the earth to make us happy for a couple more weeks, it is simply fantastic. To make these bulbs feel at home in your garden, plant them in a spot that is as sunny as possible. If you plant them in a spot with more shade they will grow as well, they will even come back for a few years but after that it is done. Plant them in the full sun, like in my own front yard and you will enjoy this pretty flower for much longer than just a few years. The Crocus speciocus blooms naked. Now don’t worry, with naked I mean without leaves. The flower pops up alone in October. The leaves, like any other Crocus’ leaves, grow in spring. The leaves of this crocus are no reason not to plant them, they have a fine structure and a rather elegant look. Don’t wait too long if you want to buy this crocus because I stop selling them when the sprouts start getting out of the bulbs too far, around the middle of October. \u003cmeta charset=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"\"\u003eThis little garden gem blooms in the fall and usually covers the entire lawn with its gorgeous purple flowers. Make sure you start with at least 100 bulbs and before long your entire lawn will be a sight to behold, raves Jacqueline van der Kloet in \u003ca fluwel=\"\" com=\"\" target=\"\" products=\"\" www=\"\" https:=\"\"\u003eher book\u003c\/a\u003e.\"","brand":"50","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40010284040282,"sku":"Crocus Speciosus","price":8.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/5165\/2954\/products\/crocus-speciosus-crocuses-fluwel-3300698.jpg?v=1773154913"},{"product_id":"crocus-sativus-saffraan-crocus","title":"Crocus sativus 'Safron Crocus'","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown the world over as the Saffron Crocus, every other Crocus would wish it had the same name recognition as this autumn flowering Crocus. However, the Crocus sativus is not planted in parks and gardens nearly as much as other Crocuses, which is a shame because it is definitely worth trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things to keep in mind; it needs to be in a warm and sunny spot in the garden, if it has too much shade you may see flowers the first autumn after planting but it will definitely not flower the following years. It cannot get enough sun and warmth, really, for this Crocus the rule is 'the hotter the better'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd plant thick tubers, only thick tubers flower. I often see them offered in the size 7\/8 and 8\/9 cm bulb circumference but these tubers are too small and give few or no flowers. The following autumn they can give reasonable flowers if the tubers are a bit thicker, but why not start immediately with tubers that are large enough to flower?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Crocus sativus does not bloom naked like the \u003ca href=\"\/krokus-speciosus.html\" title=\"Crocus speciosus\"\u003eCrocus speciosus\u003c\/a\u003e does, it has clothes on. No, with the Crocus sativus the leaf comes along in the fall and after flowering the leaf grows further and can remain green until the end of May, beginning of June. Leave the leaf alone so that the tubers can grow well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSevere frosts or snow are no problem, when the temperature rises above zero it will continue to grow happily. Sometimes it freezes while it is still in bloom, it has no problems with that either, after the frost it will continue to bloom happily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso pick some of those beautiful blood-red pistils from the flowers during the blooming, just to taste (you will have a red tongue for an hour or so) or just to poke around in the kitchen. But don't count on a large harvest of the precious saffron, because you need a lot of flowers for that. For 1 kilo of saffron, about 150,000 flowers are needed and for that many flowers you will need up to 50,000 thick tubers and at least 300 square meters of land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if you want to do this and you are able to harvest that one kilo of saffron we are talking about a price of around € 10,000 if it is well dried, has a good taste and is of good quality. With such a price you understand why they call saffron the 'Red Gold' in culinary circles. It seems that more than 90% of the saffron comes from Iran, it seems nice to see the saffron fields there bloom one day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"25","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40010288103514,"sku":"Crocus Sativus 'Saffraan Crocus'","price":7.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/5165\/2954\/products\/crocus-sativus-saffraan-crocus-crocuses-fluwel-7013820.jpg?v=1773154911"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.fluwel.com\/collections\/herfstbloeiende-bloembollen.oembed","provider":"Fluwel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}