Colchicum autumnale

Colchicum autumnale
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Propagation of Colchicum Autumnale.
Seeds of Meadow Saffron Crocus can be harvested as soon as ripe, and sown into containers and over-wintered in a cold greenhouse or coldframe.

Botanical name: - Colchicum autumnale
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Name Status: Accepted Name .

Colchicum autumnale
Genus: Colchicum
Species: autumnale
Colchis is an area of Asia where various species of Colchicum can be found growing in the wild.

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Common Names: autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies
Family: Liliaceae (lily Family)
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Colchicum autumnale
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Slow from seed, sown when ripe, or in fall or sping, some 1/8" deep. Set corms 4" deep in fall. Good light, well-draining soil, naturalizes well. Divide clumps late summer. Zone 4-9 ...

Colchicum Autumnale
Colchicum Autumnale - ommonly called the autumn Crocus. The flowers appear before the leaves, rosy-purple, in clusters of about six, 2 or 3 inches above the surface, flowering from September to November.

Colchicum autumnale
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Colchicum autumnale - Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron
COLCHICUM DISEASES
Coleus--Flame Nettle ...

or autumn crocus, perennial garden ornamental (Colchicum autumnale) of the family Liliaceae (lily family). Native to Europe and N Africa, it has escaped from gardens to meadows and fields in some parts of the United States.

Colchicum autumnale - showy flowers in autumn before the leaves, with foliage produced in spring. Height 5- 15cm (2-6in), spread 5-10cm (2-4in) ...

Colchicum autumnale
Colchis Ivy (Hedera colchica)
Coleonema pulchrum
Coleonema pulchrum 'Sunset Gold'
Coleus x hybridus 'Carefree Mix'
Coleus x hybridus 'Duke Yellow'
Coleus x hybridus 'Rob Roy'
Coleus x hybridus 'Wizard Velvet' ...

Dioscorides (50-79 A.D.) used an extract from the species leaves Colchicum autumnale, soaked in wine, to "dissolve tumors and growth.

Latin: Colchicum autumnale
Even in difficult drought years like this one, our gardens can amaze and amuse us. We see tough little plants do their thing under some of the most adverse conditions imaginable.

Two such types are Colchicum autumnale, known as naked ladies because they bloom without leaves (the plant doesn't flower until the autumn, after it's lost its foilage) and fall-blooming crocuses (related to the more common spring-blooming crocus), ...

cultivation), it is not advisable for the botanically unminded to collect wild saffron: Chances are high that the plant turns out to be the much more common autumn crocus, which is also known as meadow saffron or naked ladies (Colchicum autumnale ).

flowering agrippinum, and speciosum, the showy autumn crocus, that bears tulip-like flowers. Showy crocus blooms are initially cream-colored and gradually darken to a rosy-purple. Many of them have been hybridized with Colchicum autumnale to produce ...

See also: Colchicum, Crocus, Autumn crocus, Saffron, Grass