Autumn Jewel Collection
Autumn Jewel Collection
An Autumn Palette with Hidden Talent!
The Window Treatment
Our colchicum bulbs have an extra treat in store for your home—you'll get double the display with these unique beauties! Before planting them outside, simply place them in a windowsill, where they'll bloom without water or soil. After the colchicum have finished blooming, plant them outside. They'll provide spring foliage, and more dazzling flowers next fall.
When most summer flowers have faded, and your neighbours are hanging up their gardening gloves for the winter, give your yard one more, extraspecial show! Just a few weeks after planting, these fall blooming colchicums and crocus will light up your garden beds in beloved colours and unique forms. Year after year you'll be greeted by more colourful blooms, as your Autumn Jewels come back in larger patches. This selection of our favourite rare and exotic fall bulbs thrives in zones 4–9, in sun to part shade.
This collection includes following varieties:
- 1 Waterlily Colchicum: Exotic double flowers look like vibrant pink waterlily blooms. Forms pretty mounds and isn't bothered by adverse weather. Bulb Size: 16+ cm Height: 4–6". (Deer Resistant)
- 12 Conqueror Fall Crocus: Provides one last flash of brilliant colour before winter, with sky blue blooms veined in darker blue. A magnet for beneficial pollinators! Bulb Size: 5+ cm Height: 5–6".
- 10 Fall White Crocus: With one of the most sought-after crocus colours there is, this expert naturalizer's pure white flowers glisten like pearls scattered through your garden beds. Bulb Size: 5+ cm Height: 6".
- 1 Lilac Wonder Colchicum: A wonder in the garden that produces large flowers with narrow, violet segments. Bulb Size: 20+ cm Height: 8-10". (Deer Resistant)
- 10 Saffron Fall Blooming Crocus: This easy-to- grow, yet stunningly unique ground cover features gorgeous lavender blooms highlighted by red stigmata. Bulb Size: 9-10 cm Height: 4–6".
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Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade -
Size
Bulbs -
Zone
4-9 -
Bloom Time
Early fall -
Height
4 - 6 inches -
Soil Requirement
Well drained
We'll carefully pack and ship your order at the proper planting time for your hardiness zone.
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Details
- Botanical NameCrocus and Colchicum
- FormBulb
- Hardiness Zone4-9
- Flowering TimeEarly fall
- Light RequirementsFull Sun, Partial Shade
- Flower ColorCollection contains Double pink blooms, lavender-white, white, lavender with stripes and deep sky-blue.
- Flower FormCup-shaped flowers. Waterlily has double flowers
- Foliage TypeFall Crocus produce small, grass-like foliage in spring. Colchicums have larger foliage in spring.
- Growth RateMedium
- Height/Habit4 - 6 inches
- Spacing3 - 4 inches
- Planting InstructionsSee individual varieties
- Soil RequirementsWell drained
- Will TolerateAcidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
- PruningNot needed
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Shipping
Upon placing your order you will receive an email confirmation with the details of your order and a shipping estimate. You will also receive an email notification when your order actually ships with an updated arrival estimate. If you have ordered multiple items, you may receive them in more than one shipment. We will send you a separate email confirming each shipment.
At any time after you place your order you can check your order status on our website using your email or the account number found in your order confirmation email.
The type of product you order or the weather in our area or your area may affect the anticipated shipping schedule below.
Based on the contents of your order we always strive to ship your order complete, and as early as possible in the planting season to allow for the best root development once planted.
To promote optimum stress protection in transit and your success in the garden, bareroot perennials are kept in the ground in our nurseries until fully dormant. In the Fall these plants tend to arrive at the later end of the shipping window above.
In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to delivery your orders via the USPS or FedEx based on your hardiness zone.. Large orders may be shipped in more than one package.
Bulb and perennial shipments direct from Holland are harvested in July and August dependent on the season and crop. Once fully inspected and packaged they are shipped direct to you in the most efficient manner to follow the dates above.
Garden hardgoods and Gift Certificates ship with in 4-7 day.
We will pack and ship your order based on the following schedule.
Please note that we cannot ship outside the 48 contiguous states.
Fall Shipping Schedule
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Shipping & Handling Charges
Total Order Add Up to $40.00 order $10.95 $40.01 to $60.00 $14.95 $60.01 to $80.00 $16.95 $80.01 to $100.00 $18.95 $100.01 to over $20.95
See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (513) 354-1512 or contact us at service@brecks.com.
