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.

Colchicum tunicatum

Colchicum turcicum

Colchicum tuviae

Colchicum umbrosum

Colchicum unidentified cultivar

Colchicum varians

Colchicum variegatum

Colchicum volutare from Tanqua

Colchicum woronowii

This perennial features upright flowers that measure about 5 cm in length, displaying a bright pink hue with subtle mottling, resembling crocuses. Blooming occurs in early autumn, while the spring season brings forth strap-like, wavy foliage.

Colchicum x agrippinum

Colchicum x alberti

Colchicum x alberti 'Jeanne'

Colchicum x alberti 'Jānis'

Colchicum x ambiguum is a hybrid perennial that blooms in autumn, producing funnel-shaped flowers in shades ranging from lilac to pale pink. Its strap-like green foliage emerges in spring, following the flowering period.

Colchicum x ambiguum

Colchicum x byzantinum 'Innocence' is a robust perennial that grows from corms. Its long, ribbed leaves emerge in the spring and wither away by summer. In early autumn, it produces white goblet-shaped blooms, occasionally featuring subtle purple accents at the petal tips.

Colchicum x byzantinum 'Innocence'

Colchicum x byzantinum Ker Gawl. produces multiple pale lilac flowers with white tubes, each reaching up to 5 cm long. The broad, ribbed leaves can grow up to 30 cm in length and emerge in the spring.

Colchicum x byzantinum Ker Gawl.

Colchicum x byzantinum ambig.

Colchicum zahnii

Colchicum zahnii from southern Greece

Disporum consists of rhizomatous perennial plants that feature alternate leaves on their minimally branched stems. These plants produce solitary or clustered, drooping, bell-shaped flowers in the leaf axils, which are succeeded by berries.

Disporum

Disporum 'Lisu Bells'

Disporum 'Winter Sun' (v)

Disporum acuminatissimum

Disporum aff. bodinieri

Disporum aff. longistylum

Disporum austrosinense

Disporum bodinieri is a perennial plant that develops a clump-forming habit, reaching heights of approximately 90 cm. Its stems are branched and adorned with lanceolate leaves that have a subtle gloss and distinct, impressed veins, tapering to a sharp point. In late spring to early summer, it produces clusters of pendulous flowers that can range from creamy-white to yellowish-green, and occasionally purple. These flowers are succeeded by blue-black berries in the autumn months.

Disporum bodinieri

Disporum bodinieri 'Shina-no-tsuki' (v)

Disporum calcaratum

Disporum cantoniense is a perennial plant that forms clumps and can reach heights of over 90 cm. It features elongated, lanceolate leaves that can grow up to 12 cm in length, arranged on gracefully arching stems. In late spring and early summer, it produces clusters of tubular flowers that may be purplish-red, brownish-red, or creamy-white, each sitting on short stalks. As autumn approaches, the plant develops dark-red berries.

Disporum cantoniense

Disporum cantoniense 'Aureovariegata' (v)

Disporum cantoniense 'Blueberry Bere'

Disporum cantoniense 'Leigong Chocolate'

Disporum cantoniense 'Leigong'

This herbaceous perennial features arching, spreading stems adorned with wavy, mid-green foliage marked by prominent cream splashes and streaks. In spring, it produces clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers in an off-white hue that line the stems.

Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'PBR (v)

Disporum cantoniense 'Shirui Pink'

Disporum cantoniense var. cantoniense f. brunneum

Disporum cantoniense var. multiflorum

Disporum cantoniense var. sikkimense

Disporum cantoniense var. y-tiense

Disporum hainanense

Disporum jinfoshanense

Disporum kawakamii

Disporum leschenaultianum

Disporum leucanthum

Disporum longistylum is a robust perennial that can reach heights of up to 1.8 meters. It features glossy, lanceolate leaves that are deep green in color and forms dense clumps through its rhizomatous growth. During late spring and early summer, this plant produces clusters of small, tubular flowers that may be purplish-red, brownish-red, or white, characterized by their prominent styles and stamens. After flowering, it yields red-black berries.

Disporum longistylum

Disporum longistylum 'Bagheera'

Disporum longistylum 'Green Giant' is a robust perennial that can reach heights of up to 3 meters under optimal conditions. This plant develops dense clumps of upright stems adorned with glossy, deeply veined leaves that are lance-shaped and may take on a purplish hue in their youthful stage. In late spring and early summer, it produces small clusters of drooping, pale yellow-green flowers, characterized by their extended styles and stamens. As autumn approaches, these flowers give way to berries that mature to a dark black color.

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