I join Helen Yoest of Gardening With Confidence this week to talk about Colchicums on Web Talk Radio. They will be blooming in about a month, you know.
Colchicums
Colchicums: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October 2009
October 15, 2009 – Posted in: Colchicums, What's up/bloomingYou might think after a 26F freeze there would be nothing left blooming in the garden, but you would be wrong. The colchicums continue to shoot up new blossoms. Pictured above is Colchicum autumnale 'Album'.Early on in my colchicum acquisitions, I discovered three different varieties that, to my eye, were indistinguishable. It turns out a [...]
Colchicum Design Ideas from Montrose Gardens
October 10, 2009 – Posted in: ColchicumsMany gardeners complain that it is difficult to place colchicums in the garden because of their unusual growing cycle, in which their leaves grow in the spring, die down in the summer, and then the flowers emerge in the fall. The colchicum bed at Montrose Gardens in Hillsborough, North Carolina, pictured above, contained many colchicum [...]
First colchicum
September 6, 2009 – Posted in: Colchicums, Garden TweetsMy first colchicum is up but hasn't pinked up yet.Most colchicums emerge white and then pink up over the next few days. Did you know I am a colchicum evangelist, spreading the good news of colchicums wherever I go? For some of my earlier messages, check out the archives.
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2008
June 15, 2008 – Posted in: About this site, Colchicums, Recommended LinksPoppies, peonies, and iris: the three Grandes Dames of June In a cold climate, the gardening season is shorter and more compressed. By the time the spring flowers get going, boom! it's summer. Consider this: on May 29th we had our last frost. The next day it hit 80F (27C), which we reckon to be [...]
Frost Damage–or Disease?
May 6, 2008 – Posted in: Colchicums, Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsThese plants don't look too happy, but I'm not sure if it's the cold that put them in a snit, or a viral infection. Left to right: Daylily 2E, Colchicum giganteum, Daylily 4B, C. 'Harlequin,' Daylily 4C, C. speciousumAfter nearly two weeks of warm, frost-free weather in April, my garden got socked with a 22 [...]
Colchicums are beginning to emerge
September 5, 2007 – Posted in: ColchicumsHello, Winter; Good-bye, Autumn
November 5, 2006 – Posted in: About this site, Colchicums, Design, Garden chores, WeatherThis is what greeted my eyes Friday (Nov. 3) morning: the first snow this season that remained on the ground instead of melting on contact. After the freak snowstorms in Buffalo and elsewhere, it's rather yawn-inspiring, I know, but it does help one turn one's face like flint toward the coming storms. No more remaining [...]
Kathy’s Autumn Picture Show
October 21, 2006 – Posted in: Colchicums, Habitat gardening, Native/InvasiveSunday, October 8th, was a gorgeous autumn day, sunny and warm. I decided to go up the hill for a walk in the woods, camera in hand, and you get to share the results. (Be forewarned: this is an even longer than usual post.) But first, a little bit about where we're going. Our family [...]
Pretty in Pink?
October 11, 2006 – Posted in: Colchicums, Design, Plant info, What's up/bloomingThis is a section of the Birthday Garden, which is a somewhat raised bed sandwiched between the driveway and the house. At the base of the stone wall, looking rather pale, are some Colchicum byzantinum. Above them is an unknown chrysanthemum, which Debi Lampman of Bedlam Gardens in King Ferry, NY gave to me this [...]
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