Colchicum 2014

[mark smyth]

Just checked. I only have five flowering sized bulbs. They live in a south facing trough that gets very dry during the summer when its not raining. Maybe they are desperate for fresh soil/a move

[Leena]

Last autumn I planted Colchicum szovitsii 'Tivi', and it is already up and flowering, earlier than Galanthus nivalis. I didn't know it is so early, I hope it can survive the freezing nights which we will still have.

[kot]

2014 Spring
Colchicum bifolium , Colchicum falcifolium
regards
Kot

[kot]

Spring 2014
Colchicum luteum , Colchicum szovitsii
Kot

[kot]

 Spring 2014
Colchicum luteum
Kot

[art600]

Kot

Good to see your colchicum.  Is this the normal time for flowering or are they late this year?

Arthur

[kot]

Hello Arthur,
These colchicum bloom in the spring. In Poland, the spring is later than in England. In Poland, you have to blow them into the ground until November. Then bloom in March - April. Then frost does not damage the flowers.
Regards
Kot

[fermi de Sousa]

The autumn colchicums are starting in our garden.
We got this one as C. speciosum bornmuelleri, but I doubt it!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Here's Colchicum davisii coming into bloom yesterday,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

I got this one almost 30 years ago from a friend who called it "Lilac Major".
Could it possibly be the cultivar known as 'Lilac Wonder'?
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

This was one that I found without a label.
Any guesses as to what it might be? It's quite small and I have a 15cm /6 inch pencil in the last pic for comparison,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

I've shown this Colchicum before - grown from SRGC Seedex 2004 - as C. sibthorpii but I was told it wasn't; so can anyone hazard a guess as to its true identity?
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

I got this as seed from one of the Seedexes year and years ago as one of the species which flowers with its foliage - it doesn't so I'm not sure what it is.
Someone suggested it might be C. corsicum - the others I have under that name aren't as floriferous as this one but I'd be happy to have someone else's opinion,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A few years ago I transplanted one corm of the above mystery dwarf colchicum to another part of the garden where it has been overgrown by a spreading Teucrium supspinosum - the colchicum is too small to grow through it's thorny prison!
cheers
fermi

[Leena]

The seeds of Colchicum szovitsii 'Tivi' are ripen and I sowed some yesterday. How many year will it be to flowering size bulbs (if all goes well)?
Does it come true from seeds?