Colchicum 2014

[mark smyth]

No sign of my C. variegatum which I divided a few weeks ago

[tonyg]

Tony very nice macrophyllum.

No I have never got seed from the vaerigatum but I have now tried for it.

Thanks for trying - keeping fingers crossed!
The macrophyllum has set seed in the past and appears to be increasing judging from the profusion of flowers.  I'll be lifting and separating them next summer.

[Roma]

Only common Colchicums here but they are making a good show
Colchicum speciosum
Colchicum speciosum album
Colchicum agrippinum
Colchicum atropurpureum - it has always looked rather streaky though the leaves are ok.  There is a seedling nearby which looks good and is the most intense colour.  Must take another pic on a better day.  I will dispose of the original clump and keep the seedling.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Great Colchicum show Roma ! 

[johnstephen29]

Two more colchicum in flower in the garden at the moment, one is colchicum waterlily, I'm not sure what the other one is, if anybody can tell me?


image by johnstephen29, on Flickr


image by johnstephen29, on Flickr


image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[ArnoldT]

Here are a couple in flower at the moment.  Bright sun is not good for picking up the true color.
Colchicum byzantinum album
Colchicum Princess Astrid  --which may be a name no longer used.

[Maggi Young]

Something very heartwarming about seeing a happy bee in a flower, isn't there?

[ArnoldT]

Maggi:

Sure is.  We see far too few around here.  I get very little fruit set on apples and pears probably due to the shortage of these little busy pollinators.

[pehe]

Great show Roma!

Some from my garden

Poul

[pehe]

And finally Colchicum Waterlily. Some like it and some doesn't, but I find this clump pretty.

Poul

[jshields]

These are all Colchicum speciosum, which I don't often see mentioned here.  I got the bulbs in 1998 from Joe Halinar (Oregon, USA) and planted them in a patch out in my front lawn.  They do not seem to have increased as much as I had expected for being there 16 years, but we like them anyway.







I think Joe said they were raised from seed, but I have never seen any sign of seeds on these.  Maybe I don't know what or when to looks for them...

Jim

[johnralphcarpenter]

That's very green grass!

[jshields]

That's very green grass!

Thanks, I presume, to the same North Pacific warm water that gave us our unusually cold winter last year, we had a mild summer with very regular rains.  The grass loved it!  The outfit that mows my grass loved it!  My wife loved it!  I think the colchicums liked it, or at least tolerated it.  I have not had to take out a second mortgage to pay for it.  It looks much nicer -- much greener -- than it does most years at this time.

Pictures taken with a Nikon D90, which might not be perfectly color balanced.

Jim

[art600]

Colchicum autumnale that have been flowering for at least a week.  If I had known they produced so many flowers I might have only planted one

[johnw]

This Cochicum is just finishing up here, it was previously identified some years ago by a forumist as 'Antares'.  The colour is accurate for this year, some years I believe it can be a tad pinker.  Does the i.d. still stand?

johnw