Re: SUCCESS WITH CROCOSMIAS?

I think that, as with many plants, bloom time is
dependent on the geographic area where the plant is
growing. I'm currently spending time in Arcata,
Calif., which is in the far northern end of the state,
and the common orange crocosmia (Which I believe is
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) is in full bloom now
around here. I would expect it to bloom much earlier
in San Diego in the far south of the state.

Deborah Lindsay

--- N Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com> wrote:

> 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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