City Gardening

a gardening journal by Lorraine Flanigan

Posts Tagged ‘crocus’

Plant naked ladies for instant fall colour

By Lorraine • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Fall, Season-By-Season

Are there naked ladies in your garden? Calm down, I’m not talking about nude gardening; I’m referring to flower bulbs that bloom in the fall.Naked ladies, also called autumn crocus and known botanically as Colchicum, are bulbs that can be planted right now that will bloom this fall – unlike other hardy bulbs, such as [...]