More Fall Flowers

Just yesterday I was working in the flower bed under the magnolia tree, cleaning it out.  And I didn't see these new Colchicum speciosum flowers.  Maybe they sprung up over night?  Anyway, they are another signal of the cooling weather and the arrival of fall.  While these bulbs would much prefer a bright sunny spot, they have been very willing to grow, and multiply in this very shady spot.  After the blooms fade, they put up very large, deeply folded leaves to build the bulb back up, then all evidence of them disappears for 3-4 months in the summer.

Although it is supposed to bloom in the late spring, the Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is putting out a blossom.  I have never seen one of these before, and it is quite dramatic.  This is the second year we have grown this plant, and we did not expect it to survive the winter.  So it must like it on the tub on the porch.