Directory: Plants: Herbs & Spices: Saffron (7)   Articles Consumer guide to buying Saffron Has great information on the grading of saffron with illustrations to explain the differences. Iranian Saffron A page including information of on the History of Saffron, the Chemical Composition, colour, flavour and aroma. Saffron Uses, Properties, Applications and Medicinal Uses. Botany and anatomy of saffron is shown in illustration. Saffron - Crocus sativus An article on saffron, it's uses, growing environment, propagation, processing and quality, yields and world-wide markets. What is Saffron? Explains which bits of saffron are harvested and what is quality - including charts for "Saffron's Colouring Strength Standards" and "Photospectromety reports" breaking down the crocin (colour), picrocrocin (flavour) and safranal (aroma).   Contacts Country Patch Herbal Estate Provide plans and forecasting, lectures and workshops. Have small scale working plots of exotic herbs such as Saffron, Ginseng, Black Cohosh, Arnica. Guided tours by arrangement. Catering and beginner packs of Saffron available. Gourmet Saffron Contact for purchasing processed saffron and corms for planting. When available corms are only sold in December and January. Otago Olives Ltd Another source of Saffron corms. Current Weather Warnings | Bookmark this page | Suggest a listing | Advertise on this page | Our Philosophy This page was last updated on 17 Feb 2012 All content and images copyright © 2012 Small Kiwi Farms New Zealand. Copyright of linked pages is retained by their owners. Small Kiwi Farms New Zealand is unable to give any assurance regarding the accuracy of this information.