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Colchicum 'Water Lily'


Colchicum 'Water Lily' (Colchicum)

I've only got one of these beauties, but this year it has four flowers.



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Just seen a pic of Andrews, they really are lovely.

19 Sep, 2011

 

four flowers is really good, i have a couple of the plants/bulbs but only 2 flowers each and they keep falling over.

19 Sep, 2011

 

Thats a lovely flower.

19 Sep, 2011

 

It is - but the snails have already nibbled the stem! Grrrr....

19 Sep, 2011

 

oh thats what happened to mine last year ~ i had forgotten that. I was meaning to put a clear plastic collar around the stem for protection this year!!

19 Sep, 2011

 

That's simply gorgeous.

20 Sep, 2011

 

Yes - I'd wanted to grow them, but I was always too late looking for them to plant. Last year I managed it! :-))

Note to self: start looking in August!

20 Sep, 2011

 

Is this lovely flower in your pond Barbra? if so how big does it spead!

20 Sep, 2011

 

mine grow in the soil PP ~ in the shade.

20 Sep, 2011

 

Gorgeous...love the colour too....

20 Sep, 2011

 

Pp - it's a bulb that flowers in the autumn. The name is a bit confusing, isn't it! The flower is about 4" across.

I think it's a beauty! :-)

20 Sep, 2011

 

So do I ;0))

20 Sep, 2011

 

:-)

21 Sep, 2011

 

LOVELY, Barbara . . . the most beautiful Colchicum I've ever seen. Will write similar "note to self" for next August!!

24 Sep, 2011

 

:-))) It's got to be then - once the month slips by, the poor bulbs start to produce the flowers in the packaging!

Oh, and it now has FIVE flowers! :-)

24 Sep, 2011

 

you should see the colchiums at john's garden sheila! never seen anything quite like it.

24 Sep, 2011

 

Oooh Sticki . . . glad you managed to go again. Wish I was nearer!

24 Sep, 2011

 

will put some photos on later, i wish you were too!!

24 Sep, 2011

 

Who's John?

24 Sep, 2011

 

Spritz - John Massey (I think that's his surname) runs Ashwood Nurseries in the West Midlands . . . I think both Sticki and I have done blogs. Wonderful nursery, and his own garden is lovely, and just open a few times each year.

That's nice, Sticki! :))

24 Sep, 2011

 

Sorry spritz - you will see later in the blog.

24 Sep, 2011

 

my lilac wonder is doing just that. I must go looking for the waterlily ones. But I think they are hidden under shrubbery . oops ust lift and move them next year.

25 Sep, 2011

 

Thanks for the info, Sheila. I've heard of the Nursery, but I've never been there.

25 Sep, 2011

 

i put a blog on spritz ~ so you can see the pictures of the colchiums

25 Sep, 2011

 

Good - thanks. :-))

25 Sep, 2011

amy
Amy
 

What a beauty and 4 flowers that very good ,I bought one last year it has behaved very oddly ,the leaves shot up in the middle of the summer died down and then nothing ! my Saffron Crocus's are growing i'm keeping my fingers crossed as to whether they will flower they didn't last year being the first year ...

26 Sep, 2011

 

My other autumn crocuses haven't appeared....:-(( Maybe there's still time???

26 Sep, 2011



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