Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more ...

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A wooden greenhouse surrounded by autumn flowers and leaves - Katerina Maksymenko/Shutterstock Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge ...

Planting most bulbs requires patience … a lot of patience. We plant them in the fall and then must wait until spring to enjoy the benefits of our labor. Colchicums are the exception — perfect for ...

Many garden enthusiasts are at all familiar with the Autumn Crocus — colchicum autumnale — a cold-hardy, perennial that blooms in mid-September in our area. That’s primarily because it rarely can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Variety of colorful flowers in a garden bed. - nukopic/Shutterstock With its eye-catching blooms, autumn crocus (Colchicum ...

Gardeners on the hunt for something special, novel, exotic even, might consider growing saffron crocus for a personal supply of the expensive spice saffron. The spice saffron is produced by the ...

What: Colchicum ‘The Giant’ is a hybrid colchicum have extra large vase-shaped flowers in autumn. The lavender-rose blooms have white at the base inside the petals. These magnificent flowers burst ...

What: In September, Colchicum “Waterlily’s” pink and creamy white buds burst from the ground and quickly open to large fully double lavender-pink blooms. The vibrant flowers are a welcome site at this ...

* What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) that sends up foot-tall, lance-leafed green leaves in spring, then dies back over summer, then sends up leafless stems in late summer that produce ...