RE: Crocosmia
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- Subject: RE: Crocosmia
- From: M* D*
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:09:02 -0700
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Hi Valerie, I always deadhead them thinking the energy that would go into
making seed will instead go to multiplying the bulbs. My Lucifer clumps
enlarge nicely as do several other cultivars I grow. If I had a book on
summer bulbs, I would look it up for us :). I would love to have Rob
Proctor's book on summer bulbs, but I can't remember the name of it! Right
now the summer bulb star of the garden is Acidanthera (hardy Gladiolus) but
I read the name is being changed back to Gladiolus uhhh communis(?). I
spend an awful lot of time re-writing plant stakes as the names change back
and forth!
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Valerie-Anne Mullett
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 4:40 AM
To: Perennials@Mallorn. Com
Subject: Crocosmia
Deadheading is recommended to promote new flower growth and so that a plant
does not waste energy on producing seed.
Would it be beneficial to remove the flower stems of Crocosmia Lucifer once
the flowers have dropped - it takes so long (for me) to spread? I normally
leave the seed heads until the plant dies down naturally. I would be
grateful to know what other Lucifer growers do?
Valerie, Sth Yorks, England, Zone 8
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