At 09:26 AM 12/16/2013, you wrote:
Crocosmia is clearly very adaptable. I live in southern British
Columbia in the West Kootenay Region. I have been growing the
species (smaller one) and Lucifer for 28 years here. We usually get
a lot of snow cover but not always. Sometimes the ground freezes
hard before snow. Lows usually hit -20C ( as they have already) and
alternate freezing and thawing through the winter. Summers are usually
hot and dry, and I stress test all my perennials with healthy
neglect.
Some years the clumps have not reproduced a lot, but they always come
back and repopulate themselves. We used to have a small mail order
business Prism Perennials and also sold these across Canada.
Nice to think of blooms when all I see is white ground!
Yana
Mark,
Crocosmia has been a real pain for me. I was enlightened when I saw it
naturalized in Hawaii and then understood it. I believe its dormancy is
moisture triggered, not temperature. There it grew continuously. In
central Illinois it can be a large potted plant in the spring but goes
dormant in out usual summer drought, then tried to regrow in the fall. I
would try it, not knowing where in Florida you are at. Give it plenty of
moisture and stand back. In Hawaii it was abundant at the top of the
mountains on the wet side. The days were around 70 and the nights were
around 50 degrees. Good luck.
> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:14:40 +0000
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> 1a. Crocosmia
> Posted by: "Mark Cook" hemerocallis1962@gmail.com
gatorbait1962
> Date: Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:15 pm ((PST))
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> Does anyone know if this type of Crocosmia shown would grow in
Stuart,
> Florida? That is well south of me and over on the east coast.
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> Mark A. Cook
> Dunnellon, Florida USA
> AHS Region 12 USDA Zone 8b
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