Re: SUCCESS WITH CROCOSMIAS?

Here is a story about crocosmia and blooming time.
A few years back, Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's Bulbs was coming to San Diego to give a lecture on late summer blooming bulbs. I believe his talk was scheduled for May.
We spoke at length as he was planning his talk. He lives on the coast of Virginia and had many questions about specific bulbs do in this area. Crocosmia was on Brent's list of late summer bloomers and he was surprised when I told him that mine bloom in late spring and were already past their prime.
In my pretty hot garden, crocosmia are long gone by this time of year. The foliage dies as the heat sets in sometime in early June and I have been cutting it all back for weeks.
Yet, there always seems to be a plant or two that keeps blooming through the summer, which makes me wonder whether these late bloomers are a different variety or if there is indeed a difference between chasmanthe and crocosmia - maybe I have both??? 



Nan
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