I've never seen colchicums bloom this early
Earliest Colchicums Ever
August 24, 2010 – Posted in: Colchicums
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Beautiful. I checked and they are even good in my zone. Where would be the best place to order them from and is one species better than another? Thanks.
I bought mine from Odyssey Bulbs, but ‘Zephyr’ is sold out. They do have other colchicums available still. Odyssey Bulbs has the largest selection, but many other bulb companies sell at least a few kinds.
Interesting … one of my Oxblood Lilies bloomed last week, which is about 3 weeks earlier than expected. By the way, it’s so funny to me to see Violas blooming in August!
The Johnny-jump-ups get a bit scraggly by August, but with this rain we are heading into fall and they are getting a new lease on life.
Beautiful photo. Congrats on them starting early.
Guess I’ll head out tomorrow and start pulling back all the foliage of other plants that are probably snuffing out mine as I type.
Oh, that does seem early. I would call that stage close enough to be blooming! We have C. speciousus that will not show until October.
I have great hopes to see them soon~ I love these beauties! gail
My Colchicum ‘The Giant’ have sprouted, but they aren’t blooming yet. I haven’t checked to see if that’s early, but I suspect not. Yours blooming early is interesting.
Well, do you call the colchicums above sprouted or blooming? They are showing color but they’re not open yet.