Colchicums tend to flower before the corms produce roots, so moving them in flower is possible. If I receive colchicums in flower (they often do so in transit), I remove the flowers before planting them, which I think is healthier for them. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA, finally actually raining here. On 9/23/2020 4:31 PM, Judy Glattstein via pbs wrote: > My colchicums are flowering prolifically. Some are growing in what I > fear is too much shade - trees do that, over time. The flowers are > pale and flop over on the ground. > > All the advice is to move them in summer as the leaves wither away. > But that means a starving, low light growing situation while the > leaves feed the corms. > > How terrible would it be to move them as soon as the flowers wither > away, so next spring-into-summer growing season would provide more > energy? > > Judy in western New Jersey, where yesterday I shoved all the pots of > Eucomis autumnalis into the basement, even though they are still very > green. It has been quite dry, and rooftop night temperatures as low as > 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Time to hibernate! > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…