Perfect for adding a burst of color to the fall garden, Colchicum 'Waterlily' is one of the showiest of the Autumn Crocuses. This double-flowered variety bears big flowers, 3 in. long (8 cm), with silky lilac-pink flowers consisting of more than 20 petals. This cormous perennial produces from 1-6 flowers per corm and makes a truly unique display in the late summer to early fall garden. Resembling crocuses with its cup-shaped flowers, it produces its strap-like foliage, way later, in spring. Growing up to 6-8 inches tall (15-20 cm) and 10-12 in. wide (25-30 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year

Award-winning Colchicum agrippinum is an early fall-blooming Colchicum which bears crocus-shaped, checkered flowers, 5 in. long (12 cm), with purple-pink checks. Appearing long before the leaves, this perennial makes a truly unique display in the fall garden. Resembling crocuses, it produces its 6-inch strap-shaped, slightly wavy, blue-green leaves, way later, in spring. Growing up to 4-6 inches tall (10-15 cm) and 3-4 in. wide (7-10 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!

Vigorous, award-winning Colchicum autumnale 'Nancy Lindsay' is a small cormous perennial which features large, slender, deep mauve-pink flowers, 2 in. wide (5 cm), on conspicuous dark purple stems. Among the earliest to flower in the late summer to early fall garden, this cormous perennial produces up to 5 flowers per corm for a cheerful display. Resembling crocuses with its cup-shaped flowers, it produces its strap-like foliage, way later, in spring. Growing up to 6 inches tall (15 cm) and 10-12 in. wide (25-30 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!

Award-winning Colchicum byzantinum is an early fall-blooming Colchicum which bears up to 20 small, funnel-shaped, soft lilac flowers, 4-6 in. long (10-15 cm), with a prominent central white stripe. Appearing long before the leaves, they are borne on white stems. This perennial makes a truly unique display in the fall garden. Resembling crocuses, it produces its 5-6 broad, ribbed, dark green leaves, way later, in spring. Growing up to 6-8 inches tall and wide (15-20 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!

Native to southeast Turkey to Syria, Colchicum cilicicum is a fall-blooming Colchicum which bears up to 25 small, funnel-shaped, rose-purple flowers borne on short stems. Appearing long before the leaves, the flowers often have deeper tips to the petals. This perennial makes a truly unique display in the fall garden. Resembling crocuses, this small-flowered Colchicum produces its 4-6 dark green lance-shaped leaves, way later, in spring. Growing up to 4-6 inches tall and wide (10-15 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!

Regarded as one of the very best large-flowered colchicums, award-winning Colchicum speciosum 'Album' bears large, goblet-shaped, pristine white flowers. Appearing long before the leaves, the attractive blooms are borne on stiff and sturdy stems. Robust, they will not be beaten down and ruined by rain. This cormous perennial makes a truly unique display in the late summer to early fall garden. Resembling crocuses with its cup-shaped flowers, it produces its strap-like, bright green leaves, way later, in spring. Growing up to 6-12 inches tall and wide (15-30 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!

Award-winning Colchicum speciosum 'Atrorubens' is a fall-blooming Colchicum which bears large, goblet-shaped, amethyst-purple flowers with a luminous white throat. Appearing long before the leaves, the attractive blooms are borne on deep purple stems. This cormous perennial makes a truly unique display in the late summer to early fall garden. Resembling crocuses with its cup-shaped flowers, it produces its strap-like foliage, way later, in spring. Growing up to 6-8 inches tall and wide (15-20 cm), this Colchicum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!