Colchicum 2013

[McDonough]

Good one Fermi. I think I need to expand my Colchicum palette to include more of the autumn ones. Does the spring/summer foliage on C. cilicicum get very leafy and large; the fact some do have large foliage influenced my selection, preferring the smaller Colchicum species.

Today (Easter Sunday) it was sunny and warm, and the bulbs are starting to pop into bloom, including Colchicum doerfleri (with either two forms, or perhaps two species, both sent to me a number of years ago as C. doerfleri).




And lest we forget about C. kesselringii, here are two more recent views, a full frontal shot on the left, where the purple stripes can't be seen as the flowers open widely, and on the right, the flowers closing down late this afternoon, still looking good.

[Hoy]

Very nice Colchiums, Mark. I have tried quite a few but most types dislike my climate (or my growing regime)

[Longma]

Looking very good there Mark. Much nicer to see them in the ground, than trapped in pots ( as mine are ! ). I have a whole new raised bed to plant up this year. Many more of mine are going out into the garden.

[Fermi]

Good one Fermi. I think I need to expand my Colchicum palette to include more of the autumn ones. Does the spring/summer foliage on C. cilicicum get very leafy and large; the fact some do have large foliage influenced my selection, preferring the smaller Colchicum species.

Hi Mark, the foliage isn't excessive but some of the smaller ones like C. corsicum have very tidy foliage and don't threaten anything with being over-shadowed or engulfed!
I do like that C. kesselringii - it's more difficult to source over here! I'll try again from seed.
cheers
fermi

[RickR]

Colchicum x agrippinum (fall blooming) is well behaved.

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[McDonough]

I like the twisty foliage on C. x agrippinum, and checkered flowers too, definitely one to try.

[McDonough]

Janis Ruksans has a new web site, just gleaned this recent news from SRGC Forum.  Take a look at the catalog link starting with letter "A" to a portion of letter "C", scroll down to the Colchicum offerings, oh my, so many sweet little species, I lust for all of them.
http://rarebulbs.lv/index.php/en/catalogue