Colchicum autumn 2009

[pehe]

The Colchicum season has started now.
Here is C. montana. I love this, and so do the slugs. The next morning they were all eaten!
Happily new flowers will emerge soon.

Poul

[WimB]

First one flowering here:

Colchicum laetum

[Anthony Darby]

I should have posted these earlier. This pic of Colchicum graecum was taken on 3^rd August. Alas, it has huge leaves.

[mark smyth]

I have the following in flower - tessellated ex Ian Y, atticum, montana, biovonae, speciosum var bornmuelleri and parnasicum

[Ragged Robin]

Lovely Colchicum, wondering if the montanum would grow here Poul?

[pehe]

Lovely Colchicum, wondering if the montanum would grow here Poul?

The Colchicum montana will probably grow fine in Switzerland. Mine is planted outside in a raised, southfacing bed with good drainage.
They are unprotected during winter. The Danish winter is not the best for most bulbs, lots of rain and now an then some freezing periods (not below -20). But col. motana handle that fine. The pics is from Saturday morning and is the same plant as above.

Poul 

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for your comments, Poul....your groups of C montana look wonderful and I shall try them here on our south facing slope.

[Tony Willis]

Some colchicums in flower now.The first is a dark Colchicum cilicicum in the garden wet and slug eaten.I have lost the information  where it came from.The second is a paler form which shows the benefits of growing in pots under glass.

The third is a Colchicum sp from Greece.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What a delicate pale pink on the last one Tony - very attractive !

[Hristo]

Super looking Colchicums so far!
Our first Colchicums are getting underway here, Colchicum agripinum is popping up around the garden!

[mark smyth]

Tony W. is your Colchicum colicicum clean pale pink with a creamy yellow throat?

Catching up with some of mine

C. byzantinus Album
C. corsicum
C. ex Ian Young - very prolific with flowers and increase
4x ?C. cilicicum or ?. Clean pale pink flowers with a creamy yellow throat. 8 inches 20cm tall to top of the flower - while in bud -with a 4 inch 10cm wide flower. Flowering now.
C. attica

The rain is ruining those in the garden

[mark smyth]

This is how the Colchicum from Ian looked 5 days ago

[Anthony Darby]

Here is Colchicum corsicum from SRGC seed growing in an outside trough. It doesn't get much sun, even when it's shining, but seems to be increasing. Curiously, the flowers appeared at the same time as the dried pots in the bulb house that won't get watered until Tuesday!

[Oron Peri]

Not the best exemplar but still the first bulb to flower for me this season.
C. variegatum.

[mark smyth]

While weeding just now I accidentally pulled up a small flowering bulb of the Colchicum ex Ian Young. It has just started to root. Anyone want it?

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