Comments on: Will the real colchicums please stand up? http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/09/26/will-the-real-colchicums-please-stand-up/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/09/26/will-the-real-colchicums-please-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4750 Kathy Purdy Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:14:46 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=646#comment-4750 Looking forward to seeing your colchicum photo, Jenn. And yes, I'm familiar with the website--my sticker is on the homepage, but you have to scroll pretty far down to see it. Lee, glad for your comment. Differences can be subtle, but they do have to be discernible, and when buying bulbs, you can't do your discerning until they bloom, which in the case of colchicums can be up to a year later. (They sometimes don't bloom the autumn you get them.) Looking forward to seeing your colchicum photo, Jenn. And yes, I’m familiar with the website–my sticker is on the homepage, but you have to scroll pretty far down to see it.

Lee, glad for your comment. Differences can be subtle, but they do have to be discernible, and when buying bulbs, you can’t do your discerning until they bloom, which in the case of colchicums can be up to a year later. (They sometimes don’t bloom the autumn you get them.)

]]> By: Jenn http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/09/26/will-the-real-colchicums-please-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4727 Jenn Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:21:56 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=646#comment-4727 I have a blossom about to be full - I'm taking pictures! have you seen this? http://www.top100gardeningsites.com/in.php?site=355 Check it out! I have a blossom about to be full – I’m taking pictures!

have you seen this?
http://www.top100gardeningsites.com/in.php?site=355
Check it out!

]]> By: Lee Ellsworth http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/09/26/will-the-real-colchicums-please-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 Lee Ellsworth Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:15:58 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=646#comment-4697 the variants of C. speciosum are so close to each other I would believe the email about about labelling. In my eyes a variant should have a substantial, easily apparent quality be it size color, hardiness, etc. that separates it from the original. I would never fault growers, hybridizers The gardener is the one making his/her selections and has to keep in mind differences can be subtle. Thanks for the great blog Lee the variants of C. speciosum are so close to each other I would believe the email about about labelling. In my eyes a variant should have a substantial, easily apparent quality be it size color, hardiness, etc. that separates it from the original. I would never fault growers, hybridizers The gardener is the one making his/her selections and has to keep in mind differences can be subtle. Thanks for the great blog
Lee

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