IT IS NOW time to start ordering and buying spring flowering plants. However, it is not the time to plant them yet! Next week I will give you the standard list but for today, how about some bulbs you ...

What: In September, Colchicum “Waterlily’s” pink and creamy white buds burst from the ground and quickly open to large fully double lavender-pink blooms. The vibrant flowers are a welcome site at this ...

Colchicums bring back childhood memories for me. They can flower on a windowsill with no soil, just in a saucer with a little water. It was so fascinating as a child to see them flower on a bulb with ...

Colchicum flowers in mid- to late September. There are several fall-blooming bulbs that are completely out of synch with typical tulips, daffodils and lilies. Look for fall bloomers in specialist ...

For decades, in-the-know gardeners have been holding onto a secret. Not out of malice or any sense of elitism, but because we honestly didn't realize how few people are aware that some flower bulbs ...

This is the time to be buying and planting autumn-flowering crocuses and colchicums. They require the same treatment and they look similar in flower shape. This often leads to confusion between the ...

Colchicum flowers appear beginning in late summer. The blooms, like these classic ‘The Giant’ flowers, are large. The corms they grow from are also large. Dear Helen: What is the difference between ...

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 ...