Re: Crocosmia/Gene
- Subject: Re: Crocosmia/Gene
- From: G* B*
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:25:28 -0400
Hello Kemberly,
Your tale of the surviving Croscosmia sounds like the stories one hears
about daylilies and hosta. how they were dug, put in the trunk of a car for
six months and backed. thrown on to the compost pile in full sun, only to
return the following spring by taking over the entire compost pile and the
neighbors fence line.... Thus far I can grow quite a few plants in my garden
and JoAn adds to that list, but the Crocosmia is not one of them thus far.
Speaking of renovation... that is what we are doing here during the
mornings before the heat builds beyond endurance. JoAn has been digging out
poor performers and performers who have done their job all too well. Lot of
hardy geraniums going roots up here. All are come cultivar or hybrid of the
sanguin's. No-name seedling siberian iris clumps that she could not bring
herself to take out when small (now have half a bed to themselves... or
did). I am afraid to go to here raised beds and see what she has been up to
the last few days. From a distance I can see a bit more space in the beds.
Heard her mumbling something about "just you wait until September, then the
digging really begins".
it is *hot* and it is *dry* here.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> Gene: I'm not sure that you could "cook" these in the back of a truck.
>
> I was playing (some call it work, I just can't, no matter how many muscles
> become sore in the process) in the garden this spring - getting things
ready
> for the growing season - I think it was February. Down here in Katy we
had a
> very unusually warm February. For the most part, Spring had sprung.
>
> One can't help but dabble in the garden when it becomes so inviting and
this
> year I had alot of "fixin'" to take care of - part of the job included
> cultivating and adding compost to an existing bed....this is the bed with
the
> Crocosmia. I dug some of the corms out of my Crocosmia and left them in
an
> empty container in the garden. Remember, I have two children, I never,
ever,
> get any solid time to do anything....not yet anything. I only get small
> chucks of time throughout a day to do what I can when I can. March came
and
> we were hit with a significant freeze during the first week....still this
> container of unplanted corms sat in the garden (totally exposed).
>
> Since March, the container has been moved from one place to the other,
> eventually finding it's way behind my greenhouse, but always without soil
or
> water....just a pile of corms in an pot. Well, last weekend I cleared
out
> everything in and around my greenhouse (it's my secret "throw-all" place
that
> no one sees but me and my dogs). Guess what? Those dang corms were
> sprouting and living without a problem....I don't think we have to worry
> about these guys cooking in the back of the truck. I think there must be
> something prehistoric in these guys and they will never die.
>
> The offer stands, I really don't mind at all.......and my plan was not to
> send you the corms in the pot but to dig new ones up just for you. Have
to
> do this each year anyway and I have a hard time throwing something that
will
> grow on the compost pile. Better in JoAn's garden than in my compost.
>
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas Zone 9
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