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RE: crocosmia

Jack wrote: 
>few years ago I thought it would be interesting to see what I got from seed of 
>my favourite Crocosmia 'Solfaterre' (sometimes 'Solfatare') with very 
>attractive bronze leaves and apricot-yellow flowers which seem just right for 
>the leaf colour.  
Last year I purchased two sets of 'Solfaterre' by mail order and neither
turned out to be correct.

Collette wrote:
>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)
I had both of these in the garden last Autumn:  In fact, two of the first.
I may be able to let you have some, so long as the winter ( which so far has
been very hard here) has not killed them off.  Generally, I do not lose
Crocosmias, but we have not had such a tough one for a while.  You may not
know, but Befordshire and Oxfordshire are just about the coldest counties in
England and this year are worst than most!

Collette also wrote:
>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.
I have had it in the garden for two or three years without any significant
problem.  It is in a border that has plenty of sun and reasonable moisture.
I do normally plant them with good drainage, from a mixture of gravel and
sharp sand dug in around them and a gravel or bark (depends on which border)
covering above.

Regards,
David Victor
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