Meadow Saffron Plant | Slide Mouse

Colchicum byzantinum meadow saffron byzantine meadow saffron colchicum autumnale var.

Meadow saffron plant. It bears 1 to 6 goblet shaped lavender pink flowers in fall. Noteworthy characteristics fall blooming crocus. Recipient of the prestigious award of garden merit of the royal horticultural. Native to europe and n africa it has escaped from gardens to meadows and fields in some parts of the united states 2.

Meadow saffron waterlily double autumn crocus hybrid autumn crocus waterlily autumn crocus growing up to 6 8 inches tall 15 20 cm and 10 12 in. Meadow saffron is a cormous perennial with erect lance shaped leaves 5 to 14 inches long. It is also known as autumn crocus or naked ladies. Meadow saffron is a plant of damp hay meadows and woodland rides and clearings but is also popular in gardens.

Colchicum autumnale commonly known as autumn crocus meadow saffron or naked ladies is a toxic autumn blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses but is a member of the plant family colchicaceae unlike the true crocuses which belong to the family iridaceae. Meadow saffron or autumn crocus perennial garden ornamental colchicum autumnale of the family liliaceae lily 1 family. The name naked ladies comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long before the leaves appear. Long 10 15 cm with a prominent central white stripe.

Care needs spring sun to store enough food to flower.