White fall flowering crocus autumn crocus white crocus kotschyanus albus. Fay compton is the holidaying schoolteacher who falls hopelessly in love with him. Planting autumn crocus, colchicium and hardy amaryllis. Redemption, greta garbo the torrent, the temptress, the divine woman, and. Autumn crocus movie adaptation with ivor novello and fay compton. There have been reports of poisoning when autumn crocus bulbs were mistaken for.
When i sat down to watch this film i recall that i uttered the words oh no, 80 minutes on ivor novello in a tyrolean inn. The true autumn crocus those true crocus species which bloom in the autumn which are organized by plant taxonomists firmly within the genus crocus, and their lookalike cousins, those plants in the genus colchicum and also sometimes listed as autumn crocus can be confusing to many new and experienced gardeners. Plants profile for colchicum autumnale autumn crocus. Ars germplasm resources information network coau4 integrated taxonomic information system coau4 wildlife.
The story of the autumn crocus, also known as bare naked ladies, told in 121 seconds. The popular autumn crocus or colchicum autumnale is actually not a true crocus and is a member of the lily family. A demure manchester schoolmistress falls in love whilst holidaying in the austrian tyrol. This perennial makes a truly unique display in the fall garden. The large bulblike corms the plant produces contains sufficient nutrients and water to complete the flowering process without being in soil. With ivor novello, fay compton, muriel aked, esme church. Giant autumn crocus colchicum autumnale album grasslike foliage surrounds this chalice shaped flower.
I originally learnt this piece for my grade 8 examination. He seriously considers kicking over the traces when he meets beautiful british schoolteacher fay compton, who is vacationing in the mountains. If your crocus seem to perform poorly, the most likely reason is. When they ask why your crocuses are blooming this time of year, just smile and say. In the garden plant the small flowered fall crocus in rock gardens, under trees, around shrubs, and in the ground to cover patches, or even directly in the lawn. It can be differentiated from a true crocus by the number of stamens as flowers in the true crocus family will have only three stamens and the autumn crocus has six. These corms have several medicinal uses including treatments for gout and caner, but all.
A cormproducing eurasian and north african plant having showy colorful flowers that appear in the fall. Autumn crocus sells for 0 plat 1 gold 9 silver 0 copper when offered to sateal deirosap vendor in the bazaar by level 2 human monk with 143 cha. When they ask why your crocuses are blooming this time of year, just smile. Autumn crocus is a 1934 british romance film directed by basil dean and starring ivor novello, fay compton and muriel aked.
Hailing from europe, north africa and asia, the autumn crocus is one species of around 70 in the genus colchicum. Crocus speciosus is a species that is very showy and is my favourite autumn crocus they look fabulous planted in grass. Both crocus cartwrightianus and crocus longiflorus have beautifully feathered flowers in white or lilac, with massive scarlet styles and crocus tournefortii is similar but the style is a froth of orange branches. Easton native pays homage to legendary apollo theater. The cages can be purchased online from white flower farms. Autumn crocus 1934 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Autumn crocuses article about autumn crocuses by the.
Genus crocus are dwarf, deciduous perennials growing from a corm, with linear leaves usually with a silvery central stripe, and gobletshaped, sometimes fragrant flowers in autumn or early spring details c. Crocus require almost no care and are hardy in zones 48. British matinee idol ivor novello carries the weight of autumn crocus on his handsome shoulders. Poisonous plants 121 colchicum autumnale, autumn crocus. The seed, bulb, and flower are used to make medicine. Autumn crocus color film copy slide library of congress. Then reality dawns and director basil dean does well to exemplify the torment that follows. The autumn crocus colchicum autumnale is not, as its name suggests, a crocus. The best known species of the genus is colchicum automnale, called autumn crocus as it is an autumn flowering species.
Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as the autumn crocus, wild saffron and naked lady, contains alkaloid colchicine that is antimitotic, blocking the mitosis by preventing dna synthesis and tubulin polymerization the clinical manifestations of colchicine poisoning are present in three phases following a latent period of 412 hours. The autumn crocus or meadow saffron is a member of the lily family liliaceae, not to be confused with its look alike, the springflowering crocus, which is a member of the iris family iridaceae. It follows a single schoolteacher who goes on holiday to the tyrol and falls in love with the married owner of the hotel in which she is staying directed by basil dean, it opened at the lyric theatre, london, on 6 april 1931, starring fay compton, francis. Giant autumn crocus colchicum autumnale album from. Though known since at least the time of the ancient greeks, autumn crocus was considered too poisonous to use medicinally and it was not until research in the eighteenth century that the plant was discovered to be of value in the treatment of gout.
Autumn crocus was the first play of uk writer dodie smith, using pseudonym a. In the lawn, let the foliage emerge and naturally yellow without mowing it. Autumn crocus is worth planting if only to startle your neighbours. Buy crocus collection autumn flowering crocus collection. The stamens of crocus sativus flowers are the source of saffron, an expensive food coloring and spice.
Both novello and compton become too deeply involved with each. Brighten the fall landscape with fallblooming bulbs yes, there are some fallbloomers that thrive in wisconsin. Autumn crocus plot inspired 1950s bway play, film, musical. Despite serious safety concerns, autumn crocus is used for arthritis, gout, and an inherited disease called familial mediterranean fever. Bulb log video diary supplement autumn flowers from crocus and colchicum duration. Feelings blossom and the dull life of teaching seems so far away. Heres pennlive garden writer george weigels plant pick of the week for this week. Autumn crocuses definition of autumn crocuses by the. It is not fussy about soil, even coping with poorly drained clay soils. Incidentally while these are an added ornamental bonus to the gardener they are also of considerable commercial importance because this is the source of saffron. Autumn crocus is a 1931 play by the british writer dodie smith. Autumn crocus definition of autumn crocus by medical. Native to europe and n africa, it has escaped from gardens to meadows and fields in some parts of the united states.
Autumn crocus article about autumn crocus by the free. Plant your crocus in the fall in large drifts anywhere you have sun to partial shade. Autumn crocus care tips for growing autumn crocus bulbs. Although its appearance is that of a crocus, it actually belongs to the lily family. When they ask why your crocuses are blooming this time of year, just smile and say that perhaps spring has come early in your. Often misnamed autumn crocus because of its autumn blooming, cupshaped flowers on naked stems. Fall flowering crocus bulbs, colchicum, fall planted.
Autumn crocus 1934 in his final film role, ivor novello plays the married owner of a tyrolean inn. But there are a few species of the genus crocus, part of the iris family iridaceae, that bloom in the fall, and other fallblooming bulbs that have the word crocus in their common name. Whatever you choose to call it, colchicum autumnale is the most cold hardy of all the autumn crocuses. Yes and no, according to basil dean s fine 1934 film autumn crocus, which marked the last bigscreen appearance of british stage and screen superstar ivor novello alfred hitchcock s the lodger. Autumn crocus film en streaming cherchezvous a regarder alors telecharger autumn crocus film dans epanchementcoulee ceci film levant une mise dans liberte et a recu rare remarque. Appearing long before the leaves, the flowers often have deeper tips to the petals. Glistening purewhite crocus flowers sparked with orange and yellow anthers catch everyones attention against the deepblue skies of autumn.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Autumn crocus definition and meaning collins english. September is the time of the year when the gardener would like some reassurance that spring will come again even as we gather in the harvest of fall. As welcome in fall as the famous white crocus is in springtime. Easy to grow in moist, welldrained soil in either full or partial sun. It has shiny thin, darkgreen, evergreen foliage and the flowers are white and open, like fragile crocuses. This is a highly poisonous plant, so dont confuse it with crocus sativa. Blooming year after year and getting bigger with age, this flower bulb is ridiculously easy to grow. The word crocus usually conjures images of cheerful small flowers emerging from snow and ice as the first harbinger of spring. This european native has huge 57 by 23 wide flowers that are very eyecatching. It was smiths first play written under the pseudonym of c. Despite the skimpy story and makeshift construction the alpine location stuff was shot by carol reed without the cast this adaptation of dodie smiths first.
The two can be differentiated in that true crocus has 3 stamens and crocus autumnale has 6. Val bourne says the wow fractor is as great as ever with autumnal colchicum crocuses. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title autumn crocus. Novello plays an alpine innkeeper, happily married and the father of a cute little daughter. Herbal medicine a perennial herb that is the primary source of colchicine, an alkaloid used for treating gout in mainstream medicine.
In the us, the commonly called autumn crocus is not a true crocus at all. Resembling crocuses with its cupshaped flowers, it produces its straplike foliage, way later, in spring. It is considered a poison, and can cause burning of the mouth and throat, vomiting, diarrhea, liver and kidney problems, blood disorders, nerve problems, shock, organ failure, and death. Autumn crocus is worth planting if only to startle your neighbors. Poisoning symptoms are similar to arsenic poisoning. One of the tallest and most freeflowering of the colchicums, the giant is a fallblooming colchicum which bears up to 10 funnelshaped, extralarge, lavenderpink flowers with a delicate white throat. The plant will develop corms that can be divided every few years. Autumn crocus definition of autumn crocus by the free. The film follows a teacher who falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to austria. This should not be mistaken for crocus sativus, a member of the iridaceae family, that also flowers in the autumn. Perfect for adding a burst of color to the fall garden, colchicum autumn crocus bears big flowers in shades of purplishpink and white in september or october. Autumn crocus 1934 is a slow tempo romance abroad as school teacher on holiday, fay compton, meets the happy freeloving ivor novello at a remote mountain hotel in austria.
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