The Autumn Crocus

It's a strange plant,  in the spring clumps of dark green leaves grow and gradually die back,  then in the autumn a long dark red stalk grows and one by one, out come the flowers.  Although it's called a crocus, it's not related to the true crocus,  a crocus is a crocus, this is a Colchicum.

It has a fairly short life,  these pictures were taken over a period of a week,  although it still has one flower left the rest have died.

September 17th

September 19th

Bee-autiful!

September 22nd