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crocosmia?
There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick
(say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? If so then how have they got here - I have a few lots on the garden but they have not sprouted yet so can not compare them to these. If they are not crocosmia any ideas what they could be? TIA, -- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) |
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crocosmia?
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:50:26 GMT, "H Ryder"
wrote: There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? If so then how have they got here - I have a few lots on the garden but they have not sprouted yet so can not compare them to these. If they are not crocosmia any ideas what they could be? TIA, Sounds like them. The previous owner of my garden obviously liked them and had them everywhere. I think they're great in hedgerows, but prefer the selected cultivars in the garden. I got rid of all of them when we first moved here (5 years ago), but seedlings still keep appearing. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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crocosmia?
we inherited 1000's of crocosima when we bought our current house. your
description sounds just like thse buggers. at first i thought they were nice but realised they were out of control. the bulbs divide. it has taken a few years to get rid of the bulbs. 3 years on and today i was pulling up some of the bulbs. "H Ryder" wrote in message ... There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? If so then how have they got here - I have a few lots on the garden but they have not sprouted yet so can not compare them to these. If they are not crocosmia any ideas what they could be? TIA, -- Hayley (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) |
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crocosmia?
"H Ryder" wrote in message ... : There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick : (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on : them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end : of each. Could they be crocosmia? If so then how have they got here - I have : a few lots on the garden but they have not sprouted yet so can not compare : them to these. If they are not crocosmia any ideas what they could be? TIA, : : -- : Hayley : (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset) : : Sounds like the perishers, pull them out as soon as possible each year and you'll at least reduce the thugs to something you can admire even if it's nigh on impossible to get rid of them, they spread everywhere |
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crocosmia?
H Ryder wrote:
There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? If so then how have they got here - I have a few lots on the garden but they have not sprouted yet so can not compare them to these. If they are not crocosmia any ideas what they could be? TIA, It's always tricky from a description, and I find it worrying that you've suddenly got hundreds. Any chance of some photos? They could well be crocosmia; but see below**. You almost always get a corm on the end when you pull one up. If that's what they are, and your known ones aren't up yet, you may be lucky enough to find (in a couple of years) that a few are a slightly different variety, so don't chuck all of them out yet. A flowering size corm is about an inch across. They'd probably be seedlings from your older plants: they could have appeared so soon because the seeds germinated on or near the surface, where they fell, while the older ones are deeper. **Keep an eye on them, though: it would be embarassing to discover they actually _were_ some kind of grass! I can't rule that out from your description, as some real pain-in-the-seat grasses have a little "tiger nut"-like thing at the base. But not with an _average_ leaf-width of half an inch. -- Mike. |
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crocosmia?
"H Ryder" wrote in message ... There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? Yes. Very nice in moderation. -- Brian "Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman." |
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crocosmia?
"Brian Watson" wrote in message ... "H Ryder" wrote in message ... There are hundreds of "things" growing in my garden. They are like thick (say 1/2 inch average) single blades of grass with vertical slight ridges on them. When I pull them up there is a single brown bulb attached to the end of each. Could they be crocosmia? Yes. Very nice in moderation. I found that in sufficiently crowded conditions only a small percentage flowered each year, so had a big thinning out session last year. This is unlike Nerines which seem to thrive when they're growing one on top of the other with no soil to be seen! Word of advice, do not try and compost the crocosmia bulbs, they are indestructible and you will end up spreading them every where you put the compost. Andy. |
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