swap_horiz Colchicum Alternatives

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Tecophilaea

Tecophilaea is a unique flowering plant native to Chile’s Andean highlands. The species, *Tecophilaea cyanocrocus*, prod...

Blue Spring Rare Bulb

9.2 Excellent

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Stargazer Lily

The Stargazer Lily, *Lilium 'Stargazer'*, is a hybrid lily developed in 1974. It features distinctive upward-facing flow...

Pink Bulb Fragrant Cut Flower

8.7 Great

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Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) is a highly fragrant European woodland perennial designated the national flower...

Spring Toxic Woodland Fragrant

8.6 Great

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Galanthus

Bulbous plants known as snowdrops, native to Europe and western Asia; Galanthus nivalis is the source of galantamine, an...

White Bulb Woodland Delicate

8.5 Great

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Calla Lily

Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is a rhizomatous plant native to southern Africa, widely used in funeral and weddin...

Elegant White Bulb Wedding

8.4 Great

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Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup, is a tuberous perennial native to the eastern Mediterranean and southwester...

Spring Bulb Colorful Layered

8.3 Great

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Brugmansia

South American shrubs and small trees bearing large pendulous trumpet flowers; all five wild species are classified as e...

Toxic Tropical Fragrant Pendant

8.3 Great

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Saffron Crocus

Crocus sativus is the source of saffron, the world's most expensive spice by weight; a sterile triploid known only in cu...

Bulb Edible Purple Autumn

8.3 Great

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Gloriosa Lily

Gloriosa superba is a climbing tuberous plant native to Africa and Asia, recognized by its striking fire-like petals and...

Exotic Tropical Bulb Climbing

8.2 Great

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Angel's Trumpet

Angel's Trumpet is a genus of South American flowering trees recognized for its large, pendulous flowers and toxic alkal...

Toxic Tropical Fragrant Shrub

8.2 Great

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Fritillaria

Bulbous plants in family Liliaceae with about 130 species; Fritillaria imperialis, the crown imperial, has been cultivat...

Spring Bulb Checkered Unusual

8.2 Great

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Redbud

Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a North American understory tree that produces clusters of vivid magenta-pink flowers dire...

Spring Native Tree Pink Purple

8.0 Great

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Tuberose

A Mexican perennial (Agave amica) grown worldwide for intensely sweet-scented white flowers, widely used in perfumery an...

Tropical White Bulb Fragrant

8.0 Great

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Hyacinth

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) is a bulbous perennial native to the eastern Mediterranean, central to Dutch floricultu...

Spring Bulb Colorful Fragrant

7.8 Good

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Chionodoxa

Small bulbous plants native to mountain meadows of Crete, Turkey, and Cyprus; called glory-of-the-snow because they bloo...

Small Bulb Blue White Early Spring

7.8 Good

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Erythronium

Bulbous woodland plants of the Northern Hemisphere known as trout lilies; about 30 species occur across North America an...

Spring Bulb Woodland Swept Back

7.8 Good

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Nerine

South African bulbous plants in family Amaryllidaceae; Nerine bowdenii, the hardiest species, is named after Bowden in D...

Pink South African Bulb Autumn

7.5 Good

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Colchicum autumnale

European cormous plant containing colchicine, a toxic alkaloid used medicinally for over 2,000 years; colchicine extract...

Toxic Bulb Autumn Pink Purple

7.5 Good

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Monkshood

Monkshood, known scientifically as Aconitum, is a highly toxic perennial plant native to mountainous regions of the Nort...

Toxic Autumn Perennial Blue Purple

7.2 Good

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Oxalis

Oxalis is a large genus of flowering plants commonly known as wood sorrels, notable for their clover-like leaves that co...

Indoor Bulb Edible Pink Purple

6.0 Fair