Colchicum 2014

[mark smyth]

Maggi, I sent him some last year

[mark smyth]

Can someone put a name to these? All photos are of the same plants.

[mark smyth]

I'm thinking C. graecum or C. tenorii

[Maggi Young]

Maggi, I sent him some last year

Was it just last year? I thought they flowered last year?  Anyway , not up yet.

[mark smyth]

Not even a root showing on mine

Two more photos of my lost label Colchicum

[mark smyth]

I now know the identity of the tiny February flowering Colchicum that lives in a brick bed in the front garden. I always knew it was C. minutum and found the photo of the bulbs just now - taken in 2003

[Mavers]

'Glory of Heemstede' is one of my favourite colchicums Eric.

'Beaconsfield' is another similar one. The photos were taken yesterday evening.

My camera does not capture blues & purples very well so the photos below are not as captivating as the real thing.

Mike

[Matt T]

I now know the identity of the tiny February flowering Colchicum that lives in a brick bed in the front garden. I always knew it was C. minutum and found the photo of the bulbs just now - taken in 2003

Proving that small can be extremely beautiful!

[Anthony Darby]

I now know the identity of the tiny February flowering Colchicum that lives in a brick bed in the front garden. I always knew it was C. minutum and found the photo of the bulbs just now - taken in 2003

Do you get seed from it Mark?

[mark smyth]

I never look Anthony. Do you want some? Some tubers are tiny so I could send you a couple

[Maggi Young]

I never look Anthony. Do you want some? Some tubers are tiny so I could send you a couple

No you couldn't  - that's not legal for New Zealand.

[Leena]

C.minitum looks cute  , and I also like 'Glory of Heemstede' and 'Beaconsfield'. I planted 'Glory of Heemstede' last autumn, but is hasn't come up yet. The first Colchicum to flower for me is C.bivonae planted also last autumn (bought from Estonia). I really like this one because it is so early and also it is quite big.

[Matt T]

Autumn has officially arrived on the Western Isles with a pretty Colchicum x agrippinum

[johnstephen29]

Is Agrippinum a hybrid colchicum Matt?

[Matt T]

Hi John,
I've always assumed it to be a hybrid because that's what all the books I have tell me, usually stating something along the lines of "a plant of unknown origin/not known in the wild, presumed to be a hybrid between C. variegatum and probably C. autumnale".

However, Google shows sources citing it both with and without the hybrid identifier 'x'. As well as sources giving a distribution in the wild of Greece and Turkey (as a species in its own right or a naturally occurring hybrid) and others suggesting a man-made hybrid. Maybe someone here knows what the current view might be?

Regardless, it's an excellent plant, reliable bloomer and increases well for me (even with our climate).