What: Colchicum autumnale, commonly called the autumn crocus, is a star in early autumn, when large, vase-shaped lavender-pink blooms burst from the ground to provide a splash of brilliant color. This ...

There are many options to decorate your garden with flowers. A beautiful garden can bring out your personality in many ways. For this, you can definitely choose autumn crocuses and colchicums.

Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge to add shades of green and purple to the gray. However, you don't have to wait until the ...

Val Bourne says 'the wow fractor is as great as ever' with autumnal colchicum crocuses The unrivalled queen of the autumn crocuses is Colchicum speciosum 'Album'. The pure-white goblets, held high on ...

IN a recent communication 1, Prof. D. Kostoff describes experiments in which he has produced a polyploid condition in seedlings grown in close association with disintegrating pieces of the corms of ...

In early autumn, large star-shaped white, fully double flowers burst from the ground. This enduring bulb has broad strappy and shiny green foliage in late winter through spring, but goes dormant for ...