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Hocus-crocus: Greece’s saffron specialists work their magic
番红花为何具有“魔力”

In Macedonia, it takes the filaments of 150,000 flowers to make a kilo of the world’s most precious, unadulterated spice
在马其顿,要用15万朵花的花丝才能制成一公斤这种世上最珍贵、最纯正的香料。
Purple crocus flowers bloom in the foreground against blurred mountain scenery under soft daylight.

When the first rains began in autumn, lilac-blue flowers thrust up through my lawn on bare stems, crocuses I had forgotten planting there two summers ago. They were not disoriented, mistaking autumn for spring. They were autumn-flowering crocuses untroubled by a covering of mown grass. They are Crocus speciosus, one of the easiest and most beautiful crocuses for gardens.

秋季第一场雨一来,淡紫蓝的花就沿着裸露的花茎从我的草坪里钻出——两年前夏天我种下却已忘记的番红花。它们并非迷糊,将秋天误作春天;它们是秋花番红花,不怕被修剪过的草层覆盖。它们是艳丽番红花(Crocus speciosus),是最容易栽培、也最美的花园番红花之一。

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