Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colchicum are great for fall colour in your flower bed, but you should wait until they've finished blooming before separating them ...

Colchicum flowers in mid- to late September. There are several fall-blooming bulbs that are completely out of synch with typical tulips, daffodils and lilies. Look for fall bloomers in specialist ...

When I peruse the various Fedco catalogs – for seeds, trees and bulbs – one of the first things I look for is the number of producers from Maine. It is part of my slow-but-steady shift toward buying ...

IT IS NOW time to start ordering and buying spring flowering plants. However, it is not the time to plant them yet! Next week I will give you the standard list but for today, how about some bulbs you ...

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 ...

Val Bourne says 'the wow fractor is as great as ever' with autumnal colchicum crocuses The unrivalled queen of the autumn crocuses is Colchicum speciosum 'Album'. The pure-white goblets, held high on ...

Bulbs are piled high in every garden centre now, in preparation for a consumer feeding frenzy. Tempting pictures promise glorious spring displays and, in the heat of the moment, it’s easy to forget it ...

Autumn is coming so we need to think about bulbs. Garden centres are stocking up and early buying ensures the best possible choice. But there’s no need to rush. You can plant daffodils, tulips and ...

Q: I have some Colchicum bulbs that have become well-established. There are perhaps a dozen flowers from each. I am wondering if it is time to separate the small bulbs, and when would be the best time ...