
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.
秋季第一場雨一來,淡紫藍(lán)的花就沿著裸露的花莖從我的草坪里鉆出——兩年前夏天我種下卻已忘記的番紅花。它們并非迷糊,將秋天誤作春天;它們是秋花番紅花,不怕被修剪過的草層覆蓋。它們是艷麗番紅花(Crocus speciosus),是最容易栽培、也最美的花園番紅花之一。
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