Sativus

Description

Sativus is the saffron crocus; the ultimate luxury bloom that lets you hand customers something no one else on earth can deliver in October and November: fresh, fragrant lilac-purple flowers with glowing scarlet saffron stigmas that are literally worth more than gold. Opening in Montrose from mid-October through the first hard frosts, these tall, graceful goblets on clean 6–7″ stems cut like a dream, hold beautifully in water, and give you exclusive late-fall color when every other flower supplier is shutting down. Float them in shallow mercury-glass bowls with the scarlet threads still attached for jaw-dropping reception centerpieces, tuck them into low autumnal bouquets with smoke bush and trailing amaranthus, or offer clients the interactive experience of harvesting their own saffron at a farm-to-table dinner. One drift of Sativus in bloom photographs like amethyst and fire against frosted grass, and the delicate honey-hay perfume that fills a room is the signature scent of pure indulgence.