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Colchicum davisii is a large-flowered autumn-blooming bulb (corm) native to southern Turkey, with pale pink, checkered flowers that appear without leaves. Plant the corms in late summer and let them grow in free-draining soil in full sun or light shade.
Colchicum davisii is a large-flowering plant species native to Turkey. The flowers are very pale pink and heavily tessellated with a white throat and prominent yellow anthers. They are produced in autumn. The corms, are elongated and have several growing points.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Colchicum davisii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
