Colchicum 2010

[WimB]

Here are some pics of Colchicums which are flowering here now:

Colchicum byzantinum
Colchicum 'Faberge's Silver'
Colchicum 'Harlekijn'

[Gail]

Interesting selection Wim.  I love the Faberge and the Harlekijn is certainly fascinating.

'Disraeli' is flowering here now.

[Ragged Robin]

Your purple Colchicum 'Disraeli' looks wonderful growing through the green ivy, Gail.  For many years I grew snowdrops like this but never thought of Colchicums.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Your purple Colchicum 'Disraeli' looks wonderful growing through the green ivy, Gail.  For many years I grew snowdrops like this but never thought of Colchicums.

I agree ,very nice Gail ! 

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hallo folks,
Gail, your lost label colchicum should be Colchicum byzantinum. But your DISRAELI looks like AUTUMN QUEEN/PRINCESS ASTRID. Where did it come from? I got these DISRAELI from a Dutch source and I have a lot of doubt.

Who can tell us the differences between DISRAELI and the others??? DISRAELI should flower two weeks after AUTUMN QUEEN???

Wim, FABERGE has a flower like a winecup. I like it. Here you can see another very, very globular flower: HERBSTKUGEL.

[Ragged Robin]

Glorious goblet shapes in the sun Hagen - a lovely Colchicum 

[Gail]

Gail, your lost label colchicum should be Colchicum byzantinum. But your DISRAELI looks like AUTUMN QUEEN/PRINCESS ASTRID. Where did it come from? I got these DISRAELI from a Dutch source and I have a lot of doubt.

Thanks for your comments.
My ? 'Disraeli' came from the Royal Horticultural Society garden centre at Wisley several years ago.

[WimB]

Gail,

your 'Disraeli' looks wonderful.

Hagen,

'Herbstkugel' has a very nice cup-formed flower indeed.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Today a lot of rain here ,but this Colchicum troodi never mind about that.

[TheOnionMan]

I was surprised to find a few flowers on Colchicum 'Nancy Lindsay' (at least, that's the name I got it as) growing under an overgrown shrub of Hydrangea 'Blue Billow'.  The Hydrangea has shed almost all its leaves due to having only one solid day of rain in 3 months, but here were 3 lovely Colchicum blooms, among all of the dropped leaf litter and bone dry soil.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello Mark, Your Colchicum looks much more like GRACIA. Today I will post a pic of NANCY Lindsay.

[Gunilla]

Gracia looks wonderful. I like the white base. 
This is what I have as 'Nancy Lindsay' and it's the first one to flower here.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Yes Gunilla, this is the real NANCY LINDSAY. Here is another pic against the evening sun. I like ANTARES a little bit more than GRACIA.

[BULBISSIME]

A species from the Lebanon mountains, flowering now...but no idea about the species ??


edit by maggi: see suggestion of ID on next page by Oron Peri

[hadacekf]

Hello Hagen,
I grow your Colchicum 'Teufelskralle' not in the meadow. I grow it in my bulb frame.