jillraggett:Plant of the DaySaturday 29 September 2018The species Colchicum speciosum grows wild in
jillraggett:Plant of the DaySaturday 29 September 2018The species Colchicum speciosum grows wild in northern Turkey, Iran and Russia. Robert Backhouse of Sutton Court, Herefordshire, bred a series of cultivars named after renowned Victorians, which included the deep-pink Colchicum speciosum ‘Huxley’. This cultivar was part of the Colchicum trial at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Hyde Hall, Essex, UK. Jill Raggett -- source link
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