MEADOW SAFFRON
Autumn bulbs

end-of-season garden

WHEN MOST people think of
bulbs, they think of such spring
flowers as tulips, daffodils and
hyacinths, but how many people
are even aware of the existence of
bulbs that bloom in the fall?

In many respects, fall bulbs are
like spring-flowering bulbs; they
are winter hardy, bear their leaves
in the spring and some are even
closely related to spring flowers.
One of the most popular fall-
blooming bulbs is the autumn
crocus which bears the same
upright, bell-shaped flowers that
we normally associate with its
cousin, that first flower of spring.

Like the spring-flowering
crocus, fall crocuses are inexpen-
sive and easy to grow. So easy, in
fact, that they are probably best
grown as naturalized plantings in
lawns and woodlands, where their
unexpected appearance out of
nowhere is all the more alluring.

Although they lack the wide
color range of the spring crocus,
fall varieties are nonetheless
available in violet, lilac, soft blue
and off-white.

One variety to try is the saffron
crocus or crocus sativus, which is
not only attractive because of its
beautiful lilac petals, but useful as
well, as its bright orange stigmas
are the source of saffron, the
world’s most expensive spice.

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noteven a close relative of the true
crocus,

its flowers are similar but are
usually much larger and a single
corm of one of the larger hybrids
can propagate to cover nearly a
square foot Gf garden with bloom.
However, once the foliage appears
in the spring, the differences are
obvious; the true fall crocus has
small, grass-like leaves, while the
colchicum bears much coarser
leaves, much nearer to those of the
lily.

Colchicums are available in
pinks, lavenders and whites and
one, called waterlily, produces
gigantic double flowers that look

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Colchicums also naturalize well,
especially in coo, damp places and
are fully hardy where snow cover is
good.

August and early September are
the time to purchase autumn
crocuses and colchicums, since
they should be planted earlier than
spring-(lowering bulbs.

In the garden, tiny crocus corms
should be planted only five to
seven cm deep and 10 cm apart,
while the giant colchicum hybrids
need deeper planting (10 em) and
much more space between the
corms (15 to 20 cm).

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