Bulbs: Bulbs brighten the garden in fall, 1 by jxmas

jxmas wrote:
I planted two types of Colchicums last year in mid-Sept using a pepper mix to prevent squirrel digging -- Kotschyanus (pink) and Speciosus (purple).

The Speciosus flowered in Oct a very delicate shade of purple that looked pinkish in direct sunlight (see picture). The ever present squirrels would occasionally paw the flowers but not eat them so they held up pretty well. In the spring they sent up leaves and seed sacs.

The Kotschyanus did not flower but sent up leaves in the spring. So I'm hopeful for flowers this fall.