These are very early this year
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They certainly are Eric - no sign of mine yet.
lovely, palustris.
we are in leicestershire and the ones in my mum and dad's garden are in flower, i noticed the other day and thought the same as you:early.
Been to a friends garden today in Wrexham and their's are out too. By the way if anyone wants Colchicum, wait until the Garden Centres sell them off in a month or so time because they have flowered in the packet. Planted about three times as deep as the bulb is tall, they will throw up a lot of leaves in Spring. Feed them then with a foliage feed and they will reward you with flowers next Autumn and a lot cheaper too.
Pretty - they look like pink crocuses and wrong time of year