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Old 24-08-2008, 11:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Judith in France Judith in France is offline
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Default Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.

On Aug 24, 9:57*am, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,Gordon H writes:

| In message , "Robert (Plymouth)"
| writes
|
| I have a clump of Crocosmia which has been in the way when I access
| my *runner beans, and I propose to move the corms to a border in the
| front *garden, for an easy colour splash next summer.
|
| The online info I found says "divide between March and May" so I'm
| too *late for that. * * Should I lift the corms and store over winter,
| just *transplant them, and if so, when?

Nuts. *Now is fine. *Dig them up and transplant them. *You may lose
a few, because they are prone to rot in wet autumns and winters, but
typically not enough to matter.

| On a light hearted note, if you manage to kill them please let me know
| how you did it

Keep the soil saturated :-(

| Ha Ha Ha! * * I can relate to that!
| BTW, is there an easy way of propagating Grape Hyacinths?
| ;-)

If you blink while passing a clump of grape hyacinths, a new one will
grow. *I thought that everyone knew that?

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


LOL, so I have found, so I have stopped blinking when I walk past
them :-)

Judith