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Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
In message , Anne Welsh Jackson
writes Gordon H wrote: I have a clump of Crocosmia Should I lift the corms and store over winter, or just transplant them, and if so, when? Anytime you want, basically. You can't kill crocosmia, heaven knows I've tried - and always the bloody stuff returns. Some of the corms must be over two foot deep - that's how deep we went last time we tried to annihilate the damned plant! Gulp! -- Gordon H |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
In message , AriesVal
writes Giant URL surgically removed. Now THAT is a URL and an 'alf! Compliments of 40tude Dialog 'insert wrap override character' :) My crocs are orange, and I don't know why I didn't think of cutting them for indoors before I trampled them to get to the beans. :-( Oh! All is not lost. Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad I sneaked into the garden and cut a decent bunch of Montbretia, which I placed in a vaze on the table. Right pretty they looked... -- Gordon H |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On Aug 25, 10:35*am, Gordon H wrote:
In message , AriesVal writes Giant URL surgically removed. Now THAT is a URL and an 'alf! Compliments of 40tude Dialog 'insert wrap override character' :) My crocs are orange, and I don't know why I didn't think of cutting them for indoors before I trampled them to get to the beans. * * :-( Oh! All is not lost. * * Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad I sneaked into the garden and cut a decent bunch of Montbretia, which I placed in a vaze on the table. Right pretty they looked... -- Gordon H Didn't they drop their flowers everywhere? Mine are just going to seed now. I hope the lady was your beloved? :-) Judith |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
Gordon H writes
All is not lost. Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) -- Kay |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On Aug 25, 11:28*am, K wrote:
Gordon H writes All is not lost. * * Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) -- Kay I knew you would spot that, eagle eye Kay!! Judith |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
Judith in France wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:52 am, K wrote: Gordon H writes know Crocosmia are a bit of a joke really, but I am becoming a lazy gardener in my old age, and keeping the borders clear of grass and weeds is becoming an effort. :-( They went through a period of deep unpopularity, but nowadays there are varieties with flowers (often larger than the original) in all shades from yellow through to rich red. They're well worth growing for colour at this time of year, when a lot of other thing have gone over. And the stems continue to be attractive even when the flowers are over. -- Kay They certainly are Kay, I have a huge splash of red in the garden with the C.Lucifer. I have divided them for neighbours, planted them in other areas, but still they multiply, saying that, I would not be without them, they are ginormous. Judith Any chance of some corms when you come over next? :) -- Pete C London UK |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
In message , K
writes Gordon H writes All is not lost. Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) No. She volunteered to bring along a side salad to accompany the pasta bake which I cooked. Dammit! I even washed up! -- Gordon H |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
Gordon H writes
In message , K writes Gordon H writes All is not lost. Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) No. She volunteered to bring along a side salad to accompany the pasta bake which I cooked. Dammit! I even washed up! "Even"? Washing up is the least of the requirements if you entertain ;-p -- Kay |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On Aug 25, 5:06*pm, K wrote:
Gordon H writes In message , K writes Gordon H writes All is not lost. * * Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) No. * *She volunteered to bring along a side salad to accompany the pasta bake which I cooked. Dammit! * * I even washed up! "Even"? Washing up is the least of the requirements if you entertain ;-p -- Kay LOL |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On Aug 25, 1:27*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
Judith in France wrote: On Aug 24, 10:52 am, K wrote: Gordon H writes know Crocosmia are a bit of a joke really, but I am becoming a lazy gardener in my old age, and keeping the borders clear of grass and weeds is becoming an effort. :-( They went through a period of deep unpopularity, but nowadays there are varieties with flowers (often larger than the original) in all shades from yellow through to rich red. They're well worth growing for colour at this time of year, when a lot of other thing have gone over. And the stems continue to be attractive even when the flowers are over. -- Kay They certainly are Kay, I have a huge splash of red in the garden with the C.Lucifer. *I have divided them for neighbours, planted them in other areas, but still they multiply, saying that, I would not be without them, they are ginormous. Judith Any chance of some corms when you come over next? :) -- Pete C London UK- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Absolutely Pete, you gave me my beloved Bluebells, so it's corms for you. I will be back erly September, we can arrange on how to get them to you. Judith |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On 25/8/08 11:49, in article
, "Judith in France" wrote: On Aug 25, 11:28*am, K wrote: Gordon H writes All is not lost. * * Yesterday I h'entertained a lady to dinner, and whilst she was preparing the salad That's an interesting value of 'entertained'! You entertained her to dinner and she prepared it ;-) -- Kay I knew you would spot that, eagle eye Kay!! Judith I'm afraid that 'helpless' male' thing caught my eye, too. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
Judith in France wrote:
snippy Any chance of some corms when you come over next? :) -- Pete C London UK- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Absolutely Pete, you gave me my beloved Bluebells, so it's corms for you. I will be back erly September, we can arrange on how to get them to you. Judith Look forward to it ;) -- Pete C London UK |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
On 25/8/08 20:26, in article ,
"AriesVal" wrote: On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:15:13 +0100, Sacha wrote: The seed heads are beautiful and I use them in a mixed vase of autumnal flowers. Don't just cut them down and chuck them - think of Harvest Festival etc! I always think Harvest Festival is too late for me - most of my crops have gone over by then :( You can keep and dry off Hydrangea heads if you pick them on a dry day - first you have to find the dry day! You can take the leaves off the Crocosmia and use the seed heads and Tricyrtis seem to be doing their thing when we get to that point round here. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Dividing / Relocating Crocosmia.
In message , Sacha
writes I'm afraid that 'helpless' male' thing caught my eye, too. ;-) Helpless my a***! This male does everything for himself! I make a rule that at my house she does nothing in the kitchen, but on this occasion she suggested bringing a salad. Likewise when I go to her house she does it all, but I cook for us much more often than she does... I'm rather more organised, and have more room here. 8-p -- Gordon H |
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