Meadow Saffron
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Meadow Saffron (Colchicum) - Hardy bulbs, some handsome in autumn. The individual flowers do not, as a rule, last long, but, as they come in succession, there is a long season of bloom.
Meadow Saffron
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or autumn crocus, perennial garden ornamental (Colchicum autumnale) of the family Liliaceae (lily family).
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.
Colchicum 'Waterlily' (Autumn crocus, Meadow saffron)
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of White Flower Farm
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Meadow saffron, autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)
Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)
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(more precisely, escaped from former 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 ...
#811 Colchicum autumnale
Common Names: autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies
Family: Liliaceae (lily Family)
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Colchicum Bulbs
Colchicum, sometimes called autumn crocus or meadow saffron, are members of the lily family and bear flowers that resemble crocus.
Colchicum autumnale - Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron
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Additional Summer- & Fall-Flowering Bulbs Common Name/ Botanical Name Description Height Bloom Season Culture
Autumn Crocus or Meadow Saffron
(Colchicum species) ...
Marsh Yellowcress, Martagon Lily, Masterwort, Mat grass, Mat-grass Fescue, Matted Sea-lavender, May Lily, Meadow Barley, Meadow Brome, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Clary, Meadow Cranesbill, Meadow Fescue, Meadow Foxtail, Meadow Oat-grass, Meadow Saffron, ...
bloom with the fall (autumnal) rains, after summer's heat and drought, the name autumn crocus is often used as a common name for Colchicum, which is in the lily family (Liliaceae), and which has six stamens; it is also known as meadow saffron, ...
(Marruecos), Cólchico (castellano), Colchique (francés), Còlquic (catalán), Cólquico (castellano), Espantapastores (castellano), Fall crocus (inglés), Herbstzeitlose (alemán), Liliaceae (familia), Mata perros (castellano), Meadow Saffron ...
blossoms on bare stems at the end of the gardening season (their leaves don't appear until early the following spring), which accounts for one of their common names: naked ladies. Other names, and the source of some confusion, are meadow saffron, ...
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Meadow Saffron (Colchicum autumnale)
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 See also: Saffron, Crocus, Colchicum, Autumn crocus, Grass
  
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