Digging Colchicums

By Kathy Purdy July 13, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets
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Digging colchicums. They are entering their dormant period, best time to move, make bigger patch, etc.

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Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She would be delighted to speak to your group about colchicums or other gardening topics. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002.

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