What are the flower language and legends of saffron crocus?
Saffron crocus is also called saffron or Spanish saffron. The saffron crocus has slender foliage, and its flowers are delicate and elegant, with colors including white, purple and orange. It has a distinctive fragrance and is an excellent material for edging flower beds and arranging rock gardens. It can also be grown in pots or in water for indoor viewing. Below we introduce the flower language and legends of saffron crocus.
Saffron crocus flower language and legends
Saffron crocus flower language: colorful, sincerity, happiness, joy
Red saffron crocus flower language: worried about loving me too much
Yellow saffron crocus flower language: please believe me
Blue saffron crocus flower language: although I believe you, I still feel uneasy
Purple saffron crocus flower language: regret loving me
Saffron crocus is also called saffron or Spanish saffron. The saffron crocus has slender foliage and delicate, elegant flowers, and it often symbolizes festivity, used to express the joy of newlyweds, eternal youth, loyal love, and the joy of youth. It has a distinctive fragrance and is an excellent material for edging flower beds and arranging rock gardens. It can also be grown in pots or in water for indoor viewing. Because it also has the trait of being early-maturing, it is often like a leader among companions. Therefore, people blessed by this flower alone do not know how to act coquettish with the one they love, and this type of person is more suited to dating a lover younger than themselves.
As for the origin of the saffron crocus flower language, it is said that in medieval Europe, many faithful wives stayed at home, waiting for their husbands who had gone on the Crusades to return in triumph. Their spirit of cherishing their husbands was greatly admired by the world. So at that time it was popular to bestow badges with a saffron crocus pattern to praise the behavior of these virtuous wives. Therefore, the flower language of saffron crocus is "sincerity." Anyone born under the blessing of this flower will give everything they can to the person they truly love and cherish. This love that asks for no return will move the other person, and before they know it, they will fall in love with each other.
It can thus be seen that saffron crocus is an excellent choice for giving to a lover, as it can express the giver's sincere love for the recipient. It can also be given to friends, to express sincerity toward them.
Saffron crocus cultivation methods
Saffron crocus likes a warm and humid environment and fears extreme heat. It likes plenty of sunlight and can also tolerate partial shade. The suitable temperature for growth is around 15°C, and the suitable temperature for flowering is 16°C to 20°C. It fears extreme heat, is relatively cold-tolerant, and avoids continuous cropping. It requires loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. It avoids heavy clay soil and long periods of waterlogging.
The growth characteristics of saffron crocus are summer dormancy, root development in autumn, and leaf growth, with a flowering period from October to November; the flowers open by day and close at night. Under ordinary cultivation conditions it does not set seed, and the entire growth period is about 210 days. Whether it is a spring-flowering or autumn-flowering type, it is an autumn-planted bulbous flower. That is, it begins to sprout in autumn, grows through winter and spring and blooms, the seed-setting types set seed, and it enters dormancy in summer.
The lifespan of a saffron crocus corm is one year. Similar to tulips, the new and old corms are renewed once each year.
For home pot cultivation of saffron crocus, it is best to choose spring-flowering varieties. Generally, a clay pot with a diameter of 15 to 18 cm can hold 5 to 7 corms, planted in September to October. After planting, water thoroughly and first place outdoors to grow. After rooting, move it into a cold room with a room temperature slightly higher than the outdoor temperature, and give it sufficient light and it will bloom in due course. Saffron crocus can also be grown by hydroponics.