tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post112690534660267037..comments2024-03-15T04:46:41.313-04:00Comments on Perennial Passion: Albino Tulips? :)Diana LaMarrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1127190167016376532005-09-20T00:22:00.000-04:002005-09-20T00:22:00.000-04:00Piccie of the leaves athttp://chloesgarden.blogspo...Piccie of the leaves at<BR/><BR/>http://chloesgarden.blogspot.com/2005/09/colchium-leaves.htmlLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126988198143401952005-09-17T16:16:00.000-04:002005-09-17T16:16:00.000-04:00Stand by - mine are in foliage at the moment (I am...Stand by - mine are in foliage at the moment (I am going into spring). I wouldn't have said quite twelve inches high, but dense, green, wide strap leaves. Nice in the background, not ugly. The camera is away for a day or two, then I will take a snap.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126975802059808232005-09-17T12:50:00.000-04:002005-09-17T12:50:00.000-04:00OH, oh, Kathy. I have already planted them there. ...OH, oh, Kathy. I have already planted them there. Is the foliage really ugly so that I would want to hide them behind something else? I am afraid I planted them right out in plain view. Will just have to see what happens next year. I can always move them. My motto is "have shovel will travel". My neighbors used to laugh because every time they saw me I was carrying a shovel full of plants.Diana LaMarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126963867226334202005-09-17T09:31:00.000-04:002005-09-17T09:31:00.000-04:00I am sorry all the images aren't working correctly...I am sorry all the images aren't working correctly yet. When I transferred my blog from Moveable Type to WordPress, some of the images didn't take the move so well. All the photos display properly at the old blog site<BR/>http://weblog.coldclimategardening.com/archives/cat_colchicums.html<BR/>but the overall design looks uglier, because some links don't work now. <BR/><BR/>I am willing to bet that you have C. byzantinum, Zoey. They are very prolific. They were already planted at my house when I moved in--that's what got me started on them--and they multiply so well that I have given away paper grocery bags full at family reunions. But I would like to point out that while the common name of colchicums is Autumn Crocus, they are not truly crocuses. To further the confusion, there are some bona fide crocuses that are also fall bloomers. This is one case when it really pays to know the Latin name of the plant!<BR/><BR/>Also, you should know that the foliage in spring is much bigger than the flowers that bloom in fall, easily 12 inches tall. And then it takes a while to die. So your rock garden might not be the best place for them. I can't believe I have never posted a photo of the foliage. Maybe I can rectify that.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126947935054931232005-09-17T05:05:00.000-04:002005-09-17T05:05:00.000-04:00Chloe, yours look like the same ones (by the purpl...Chloe, yours look like the same ones (by the purple color I see in mine)Diana LaMarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126931923877963662005-09-17T00:38:00.000-04:002005-09-17T00:38:00.000-04:00Oh neat! Autumn crocuses! I know there are fall pa...Oh neat! Autumn crocuses! I know there are fall pansies.<BR/>They crocuses look like aliens in plant form!Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335147609261707774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126929252507855832005-09-16T23:54:00.000-04:002005-09-16T23:54:00.000-04:00These are amongst my favourites - especially for t...These are amongst my favourites - especially for the way they come up in bare ground. See my blog here:<BR/><BR/>http://chloesgarden.blogspot.com/2005/02/autumn-crocuses.html<BR/><BR/>But I did have one problems this year - the white cockatoos (a bird native to Australia, large and noisy) came and started eating them as they came up!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126918659451045062005-09-16T20:57:00.000-04:002005-09-16T20:57:00.000-04:00Just got back from your site,Kathy. Thank you so m...Just got back from your site,Kathy. Thank you so much! Autumn Crocus (those I have heard of). I love how you have categories. I was able to read through all of your posts on the topic. I shall plant them tomorrow.Diana LaMarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126917852585773142005-09-16T20:44:00.000-04:002005-09-16T20:44:00.000-04:00These are WHAT? I have never heard of colchicum. I...These are WHAT? I have never heard of colchicum. In early July these bulbs just appeared on my deck in a pile. I am assuming a neighbor dropped them off there (I have still never found out who gifted me with them). I just assumed they were tulips! Thank you for the info, Kathy. I am off now to your site to find out what little treasures I have.Diana LaMarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735463.post-1126917466912786772005-09-16T20:37:00.000-04:002005-09-16T20:37:00.000-04:00Oh, I hope you didn't toss them yet. Those are col...Oh, I hope you didn't toss them yet. Those are colchicums, m'dear, and they're supposed to bloom now. Don't toss them, plant them. They will probably be a bit "off" next year, but after that you will be able to enjoy them for years to come. See the Colchicum category on my website for lots more info and pictures.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.com