Flower. Photo from R. V. Roger

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Colchicum szovitisii 'White Forms'

(Colchicum szovitisii is Syn. to Colchicum acutifolium, Colchicum armenum, colchicum bifolium, Colchicum hydrophilum, Colchicum hygrophilum, Colchicum nival, Colchicum syriacum)

The name Colchicum is derived from Colchis, a location in Asia Minor, from which the bulbs are distributed.

Common Name

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Soil

Sand, Chalk

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Perennial Corm

Height x Spread in feet

2-3 inches x 8 inches

Foliage

Dark Green leaves are produced after the flowers have started blooming. Moisture required in the Spring for the roots and January-March for the flowers and foliage.

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

White in January-February before the leaves

Comment

"Colchicum - plant the bulbs in late summer, early autumn, approx. 10cm (4”) deep. Unless it says otherwise they all like deep, fertile soil in full sun that never dries out completely but is not too wet either. Flowers are then produced in the autumn and winter from naked ground followed by fleshy winter foliage emerging from a rosette, that dies down in early summer before its dry dormancy." from R.V. Roger.

This bulb "requires a moist soil in spring but a dry dormancy in the summer." from R.V. Roger.

The 3 natural divisions of Colchicum are:-

• 1. Autumn-flowering species and hybrids
• 2. Winter- and Spring-flowering species and
• 3. Tessellated species, those marked with a crisscross pattern on the petals in colors of dark and light rosy mauve

and the relevant division is added to the Plant Description Page Title.

Scovitisii is native to Turkey, Iran and Caucasus, introduced in 1834. Plant 5 inches deep in average well-drained, moisture-retentive soil - 6 inches deep in sandy soil - and 8 inches apart in July. When planting, take care that the bulbs are set in an area where their foliage will not cover other plants; like along shrub borders to bring colour at unusual times of the year.
Colchicum - photos taken by Arnold Trachtenberg - are grown in his New Jersey garden, planted in garden soil augmented with 50% grit.

Available from R. V. Roger.