Uncertain of the ID for this as it was just sold as Colchicum. Resembles the photo by robertduval14 but not the one by CLUSIANA. I used this as an edging plant but the foliage is too long to suit this purpose, though the flowers are lovely as edging. Flowering in Autumn, bare flowers emerging straight from the ground, foliage emerging in early spring and growing through spring and summer to die off in the heat of mid to late summer. So these are hard to position in the garden, as they need an area of bare soil for parts of the year, and it would be hard to find something that screens the dieing foliage without obscuring the flowers that follow soon after. Perhaps pots that can be moved? Bulbs multiply to form clumps and tufts of flowers from these clumps are dramatic. They have faint tesselation similar to Frittilaria meleagris, but soft lilac pink in colour and crocus shaped.
