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 ...

There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge to add shades of green and purple to the gray. However, you don't have to wait until 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 ...

If you ask me for a plant that blooms in the fall, the first group of plants that I would think of are in the aster family. This would include mums, goldenrod, New England aster and. of course. the ...

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 ...

We usually think of planting bulbs in fall for spring bloom, but there's a late-blooming class of crocuses well-suited to the impatient gardener who wants results right now. Crocus goulimyi blooms in ...

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 ...

The vibrant, jewel-like tones of delicate crocus flowers popping up throughout beds and borders are a joy to behold as the seasons change in spring. These petite yet striking flowers are loved by UK ...

If you happen to spy a delicate lavender flower bud peeking up from the soil at this time of year, you might think: time warp! After all, that’s what crocuses do, and they bloom in spring, not late ...