Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum) queen feeding from crocus flower Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March.

Fabio Liverani / A rock carved church in front of Madonna delle Croci, Sassi di Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Jean E. Roche / Group of wild Corsican croci (Crocus corsicus) Corsica, France

Jean E. Roche / The Corsican crocus (Crocus corsicus) Corsica, France

Nigel Cattlin / Light snow dusting on flowering large flowered white and purple Crocuses 'Pickwick' in winter, Berkshire, March

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sand crocus (Romulea bulbocodium) in flower, Gargano, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Neglected crocus (Crocus neglectus) flowering in woodland, Monte Rufeno. Orvieto, Italy. February.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Twin flowered crocus (Crocus biflorus) flowering along woodland path, Sugano, nr Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. February.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sand crocus (Romulea bulbocodium) in flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. February.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow crocus (Crocus olivieri) in flower, nr Tripolis, Peloponnese, Greece. March.