General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 4 inch
Plant Spread: 6 inch
Leaves: Deciduous
Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Fall
Inflorescence Height: 4 inch
Foliage Mound Height: 2 inch
Underground structures: Corm
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: Toxic if ingested
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Soak seeds and warm stratification, then cool
Other info: Very difficult from seed Different species require different conditions.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • False Autumn Crocus
  • Showy Colchicum
  • Naked Ladies
  • Meadow Saffron
  • Naked Boys
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Colchicum speciosum
  • Synonym: Colchicum giganteum
  • Synonym: Colchicum bornmuelleri

Photo Gallery
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 9-2007
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 9-2007
Location: Friend's Garden, Michigan
Date: 9-2007
Location: Indoors
Date: 2014-09-01
Just received from McClure & Zimmermann

photo by : Meneerke bloem

photo by: Meneerke bloem

photo by: Meneerke bloem
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: September
credit: Magnus Manske
Photo by gemini_sage

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