Sep 28, 2018
Plant of the Day
Saturday 29 September 2018
The species Colchicum speciosum grows wild in northern Turkey, Iran and Russia. Robert Backhouse of Sutton Court, Herefordshire, bred a series of cultivars named after renowned Victorians, which included the deep-pink Colchicum speciosum 'Huxley'. This cultivar was part of the Colchicum trial at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Jill Raggett