'Carmine Brilliant' is a stunning Crocosmia with carmine-pink flowers, scarlet-orange on the reverse and with cheery, yellow throats.

A hummingbird magnet with red tubular flowers, Crocosmia 'Lucifer' is the best of the genus.

Crocosmia 'Okavango' is a hummingbird magnet with apricot-orange tubular flowers.

Camassia leichtlinii 'Silk River' is a compact, white-flowered form of the great camas.

Crocus goulimyi is fall-flowering with goblet-shaped, lavender flowers on long tubes.

Crocus laevigatus 'Fontenayi' is a rare fall-flowering species with lovely lavender flowers with dark purple markings.

Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch' is among the earliest to bloom in the late winter garden with an abundance of orange-yellow flowers.

Crocus angustifolius is known as the "cloth of gold crocus" with golden orangey-yellow flowers with bold purple markings.

Crocus biflorus ssp. weldenii 'Fairy' is a beautiful cultivar with ivory white inner petals and pewter purple outer ones.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Advance' has lovely lemon yellow flowers with a purple flush on the outside.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Marlin' is a delicately coloured cultivar with white to palest lavender interiors and grape purple striped petals.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Fuscotinctus' is a beautiful cultivar with deep golden yellow flowers striped with burgundy red.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Herald' has lovely yellow to deep yellow petals with deep purple reverses.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Lady Killer' features snow white, cupped flowers with a purple flush on the exterior of each pointed petal.

Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance' sports two colours of yellow: light, creamy yellow and rich, deep buttery yellow.

Crocus corsicus flowers are bright lilac-pink on the inside and light pink on the outside with dark purple feathering.

Crocus korolkowii has orange-yellow flowers with burgundy black bases and the outer petals flecked with burgundy.

Crocus malyi has icy white petals with yellow centres, yellow stamens, and orange pistils.

Crocus minimus hails from Corsica and Sardinia with lavender flowers, the reverses feathered with royal purple.

Crocus sieberi 'Firefly' has striking bicolour buds of orange-yellow and lavender opening to lavender and white petals.

Crocus sieberi 'Ronald Ginns' is a rare and stunning cultivar with white flowers streaked inside and out with purple.

Crocus sieberi ssp. sublimis 'Tricolor' is a spring crocus with vivid purple, yellow and white flowers.

Crocus vernus 'Flower Record' is a giant Dutch crocus with large, grape purple and mauve flowers with orange stamens.

Crocus 'Early Gold' has rich butter yellow flowers with bold purple stripes on the petal reverses. The

Crocus 'Jeanne d'Arc' is a Dutch crocus with large, pure white flowers with a hint of purple at the base and orange stamens.