Re: SUCCESS WITH CROCOSMIAS?

I too have a clump of crocosmias that have never bloomed and I thought it was because they are in full shade.  Hopefully, I will remember to move them in the fall and report to the group what happens.
 
I have another crocosmia--firey red--that don't get much water and bake in my west-facing backyard.  They don't get brown and bloom just fine!  And the hummingbirds love them!
 
happy gardening!
Bridget
Seattle, WA
 
On 8/5/07, Diane Whitehead <v*@islandnet.com> wrote:
You might have a bad one.

I bought a bag of mixed crocosmias - one of those bags of imported
bulbs that get sold in garden centres.  One of them multiplied
prodigiously but never bloomed.  I managed to remove all of it but
some crept into the neighbours and is still there, spreading around,
still not blooming.  It's been not blooming for about 30 years.

Buy some named ones.  All of my named ones bloom just fine.

I do have to water them, so I have them all growing  in one area to
make watering easy.

Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
mild rainy winters, mild dry summers



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