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 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.

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