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Here are a couple of selected forms of Colchicum stevenii:'Gisser' has a large starry flower, while 'Gisser dark is smaller, roundish with very dark color.
Very nice. What size are they?
Love them. Will you have any bulbs or seeds for sale next year?
Two more species in flower today:Crocus fasciculare from Jordan
Here I had a very bad season for autumn flowering Colchicums. I also keep thinking that they don't like to be potbounded.....
Thanks Kris,I also think that most of the Colchicum dislike pot culture.I grow many species but i find that only species that have adapted to grow in small spaces such as rock crevices or between rocks where they are protected from moles do well in pots for example C. stevenii and C. feinbruniae.The bulbs of other species such as C. tunicatum has its bulbs at about 10cm deep but has many layers of tunic which gives it excellent isolation. I think that bulbs of colchicum have bad isolation [unlike crocus for example] therefor they need to find the optimal depth for their bulbs. We found that C. hierosalymitanum for example sends its bulbs to about 50cm deep. that is why it hardly ever flower in pots. Since last autumn when i have planted all my bulbs in raised beds they flower like they never did before.
John, hopefully I'll have seeds from all these plants.
New Collection
Welcome back, Jan. Good to hear from you. Fine Colchicum