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Colchicum hybrids and cultivars are shown on this page.
Colchicum x agrippinum Photo by Jane McGary. This form was found in an old garden near Portland, Oregon, where it had been growing since probably the 1940s. The corms had been covered by almost 18 inches of silt through repeated flooding but were still growing. Moved to happier conditions, it has flowers indistinguishable from Dutch commercial stock of C. x agrippinum, but its leaves are darker green (not glaucous) and more upright, though also undulate. C. x agrippinum is a hybrid of Colchicum variegatum with some other species, perhaps Colchicum autumnale. Presumably the cross was made several times, resulting in the variation noted.
Photos by John Lonsdale.
Colchicum 'Autumn Herald' Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg Note purple stigma
Colchicum byzantinum is described as a sterile hybrid, found sometimes in old gardens, sent from Constantinople to Vienna in 1588 and probably derived from Colchicum cilicicum. The plant photographed by Arnold Trachtenberg is the typical broad-segmented clone. The crooked purple styles are the giveaway feature. This plant is sometimes named in the trade C. autumnale 'Major'.
Here are a few views taken in September of 2006 of the plant flowering in a garden in Washington, DC, taken by Mark Wilcox.
Colchicum 'Conquest' - Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg. This plant is now considered to be Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'
Colchicum 'Dick Trotter' Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg
Colchicum 'E.A. Bowles' Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg
Colchicum 'Harlequin' Photo by Jane McGary. This rather ugly sport has the lavender color restricted to the lower part of the tepals, which are folded inward where white. The flowers do not vary from year to year, suggesting that this pattern is not the result of virus infection.
Colchicum 'Innocence' This plant was grown as Colchicum byzantinum 'Album' but that name is apparently not valid. It is now being called 'Innocence' at the National Collection in Norfolk England. Photos by Arnold Trachtenberg and John Lonsdale.
Colchicum 'Princess Astrid' - Photos of blooming plant and a view deep into the interior of a bloom where ants are feeding upon nectaries at the base of petals by Arnold Trachtenberg
Colchicum 'Rosy Dawn' Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg
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