(Colchicum, not really a crocus). Plant as bulbs in early fall, to bloom later in the fall and every year after (and it’s poisonous, so the critters don’t eat it).
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(Colchicum, not really a crocus). Plant as bulbs in early fall, to bloom later in the fall and every year after (and it’s poisonous, so the critters don’t eat it).