Hello Jane For sure plant your Colchicums first Yesterday is always the best day for planting them It was an old grower who told me that the late Kees Visser One of the best in the past many Colchicums are named by him If you plant them to late they will be submarines as he called it the leaves and flowers start growing under the ground but not as usual strait up but following the round the bulb if the leaves don't get light next year your bulbs will be like miniature bulbs and it can take up till 4-5 years before they flower again Two easy tricks Peel of the skin just before planting till you see the but marque every bulb with a sate pin and If one doesn't come up next year dig a hole on that spot till you see the leaves and fold them strait so they get light and close the hole as far as possible at least normally you have flowers next year Enjoy your good but fast planting Roland 2010/8/7 Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > > I have three 6-foot-tall storage shelves in the basement completely full of > bulbs in paper bags and mesh baskets, and I hope to have them all in the > ground before the colchicums start flowering down in the dark! > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon, USA > > > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com