About
Colchicum bulbocodium produces clusters of pink-lilac flowers featuring slender petals, blooming in the spring. The green, strap-shaped leaves can reach lengths of up to 20 cm; they appear later in the season and die back during summer.
About the genus
Colchicum are perennial plants that grow from corms, featuring typically coarse, broad, strap-like leaves. These leaves may emerge alongside or following the goblet-shaped blooms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bulbs, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Tufted
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Wildflower meadow, Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
- Toxicity
- TOXIC if eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling TOXIC to pets - see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants for further information and useful contact numbers
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in good light in any moist but well-drained soil.
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate from seed or division
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free