Re: crocosmia

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• Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 07:27:50 GMT
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David,
Many thanks for your advice. Wow, you grow 50 different varieties! I love 
them.

I am after a tawny coloured one called Mrs Morrison (syn Mrs Geoffrey Howard)
and the one that stuns me the most, El Dorado (syn E A Bowles)


Do you happen to know why Queen of Spain is so tricky. I am in a mild area 
but I lost my first one last winter so I am trying again this year.



 Hi Colette,
> There are a number of different species that go to make up the various
> hybrid crocosmias and those species vary markedly.  They vary from yellow 
to
> red, in height from 30 to 100 cms, some like dry and others wet conditions.
> Memory tells me that the two you cite vary quite considerably and probably
> have a different 'set' of parents. I can probably check them out, but it
> might take some time.
> 
>  However there is an additional problem in that, as you may know, 
Crocosmias
> are frequently wrongly named.  I grow over 50 different ones here and I 
have
> often received three different plants under the same name.  Judging by the
> results, this arises just as much from  nurseries growing on from seed then
> selling under the original name, as it does from names getting swapped 
around.
> 
> As you may gather from the above, they are easy from seed - just pot them 
up
> and give them a little, gentle bottom heat or even leave them for the 
spring
> to do its work.  Then I would grow them on in a container for a year or 
two.
> Like many of the South African Irids, you can often grow them through their
> first winter with some judicious feeding and watering, giving you a 
stronger
> bulb more quickly.
> 
> Best regards
> David Victor 
> 
> 
> 
> >> I saved some crocosmia seeds from  "Lady Wilson" and "Custard Cream" and 
i 
> >hpe to grow them this spring.
> >
> >I was amazed by the differences in colour and size of the two batches of 
> >seed.
> >
> >Does this suggest that their viability might be doubtful?
> >
> >
> >Bird and Lloyd (Growiong Flowers fron Seed) suggest germination @ 70'F
> >
> >Any comments /advice welcome
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >Colette Dunkley            gb81@dial.pipex.com
> >Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, England, L49 4PD
> >"Cuncta simul fieri vetat irrevocabilis hora"
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Colette Dunkley            gb81@dial.pipex.com
Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, England, L49 4PD
"Cuncta simul fieri vetat irrevocabilis hora"
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