Re: Crocosmia/Gene

In a message dated 7/27/2002 6:13:04 PM Central Standard Time, 
genebush@otherside.com writes:

> Bit late in the season and not the time to send plants through the
> mail. they would cook in the back of a truck now... literally.

 It is simply me > and learning to hold my mouth right when transplanting. I 
> will eventually work it out. Definitely love the yellow and brown 
> Crocosmia.....
>     Gene E. Bush
> 
> 
> 

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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