Re: Crocosmia
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- Subject: Re: Crocosmia
- From: H* B*
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:47:30 +1000
Hi Valerie
I'm in Victoria in Australia - only get a few nights of -8deg C but quite a
few frosts and about a month of 40deg C in summer - it nearly kills me.
Autumn and Spring are by far the best seasons. I seem to be getting more
and more crocosmia's every year so sometimes I just pull the whole corm
out. They are terrific in some places but not quite what I want in others.
I have been gardening here for five years - originally from beautiful New
Zealand - that's what happens when you marry a foreigner!!
Do you have an extensive garden? Planted seeds in trays yesterday and
remembered at 3am that I had some soaking in water in the hot water
cupboard - had to get up and plant them. I sure was popular! Have just
been eyeing up an Osmanthus fragrans this morning - i think i will have to
have it!
Hazel
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> From: Valerie-Anne Mullett <valerie-anne@lineone.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: Crocosmia
> Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2000 1:45
>
>
>
> >>Hi Vallerie
> >>My crocosmia's lead a sad life after they have flowered I leave them
for
> >>awhile and that seems to allow them to self seed everywhere then I just
> >>pull all the green right off them and up they come next year -
frightening
> >>isn't it? they always look good.
> >>Hazel
>
> Hello Hazel,
> I have always let the foliage die down naturally in the hope that this
will
> encourage better flowering next year - but am not sure that the procedure
> for corms is the same as for bulbs.
>
> Where do you garden Hazel?
>
> Valerie, Sth Yorks, England, Zone 8
>
>
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