"Anthony E Anson" wrote in message
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Love my Montbretia (I think it is spelled They are wee bulbs and you
need
to remove some. I halved mine this year and since no one was interested
they had to go in the compost

I'll hold my hat out for some next year - - -

If you are near enough just let me know I am near Glasgow

O

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I hope I have spelt that right....

Anyone know how to curb this little runaway?
Its spread quicker than ground elder!

I don't want to get rid of it all....Just to stop it from spreading!

The only good point is that it looks quite nice!

Montbretia ? That they're now calling crocosmia for some reason ? I
just dig/pull mine out from wherever it comes up that I don't want it.
It is pretty invasive, but not that difficult to keep in check ...


As I understand it Crocosmia is the generic name which applies to the all
varieties including Lucifer and Ember Glow, and Montbretia is the old
variety that is the most common and weed-like ie the bright orange one.
Once you have it, you have it, it can be really difficult to get all the
corms out of a patch of ground....I tried! But its so useful for a patch of
colour in dark spots where nothing else will grow, how could you grudge it
that?

Anita

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I just thought it was funny that they were labeled as a weed.....
A weed is a plant that grows where you dont want it.

I have had a bunch of daffs appear right where I don't want them....

But I still wouldn't class them as a weed!

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Rick,
All you need to know about Monbretia, and Crocosmia in particular, is
readily available at www.theafricangarden.com is here.

Thanks for the URL....

I have the same problem as you but with bluebells. No matter how many
I dig up there are always a few that will pop up where they are not
wanted. Just perservere and invite friends round to dig them up for
you as freebies for their own garden.

What.,....A problem shared is a problem doubled! B-)

But with the idea of putting some in a poot and sinking it...
I may put them in other parts of the garden....
As long as I know how to kerb them I rather like them..

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Do you have a dictionary?

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I just thought it was funny that they were labeled as a weed.....
A weed is a plant that grows where you dont want it.

I have had a bunch of daffs appear right where I don't want them....

But I still wouldn't class them as a weed!

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You could come round to Perth, and collect a load of the stuff
from my garden too! ;-)

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.........the idea of putting some in a po(o)t and sinking it...
I may put them in other parts of the garden....
As long as I know how to kerb them I rather like them..

All the talk has been about regeneration from new corms.
Is that their only method? They seem to produce masses of fruits from
the flower heads. Are their seeds infertile?

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You could come round to Perth, and collect a load of the stuff
from my garden too! ;-)

Which of us was that for?

O

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You could come round to Perth, and collect a load of the stuff
from my garden too! ;-)

Which of us was that for?

Well, it was for you, O, but I see Anne wants me to take her old
motorbike away. I think she prefers the broomstick innit.

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I'll bring a pickup for the old motorbike then, shall I missis?

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Which of us was that for?

Well, it was for you, O, but I see Anne wants me to take her old
motorbike away. I think she prefers the broomstick innit.

Naughty Tony! I think my wee CG would be a bit underpowered for an
old hand like yourself!

Oh, I've got some young worcesterberry bushes too, if you want to
give them a good home? ;-)

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Oh, I've got some young worcesterberry bushes too, if you want to
give them a good home? ;-)

Oh, please - they are on my shopping list.

Really must trundle up there again innit. There are so many calls to
make on the way thobut. I wonder whether I'll have the comlot on the
road? Might be cheaper on the Macbrayneyboat.


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Oh, I've got some young worcesterberry bushes too, if you want to
give them a good home? ;-)

Oh, please - they are on my shopping list.

How many? I could probably rustle up half a dozen or so.

Really must trundle up there again innit. There are so many calls to
make on the way thobut. I wonder whether I'll have the comlot on the
road? Might be cheaper on the Macbrayneyboat.

WTF is "the comlot"? Are you planning going even "further norther" to
Compo and Stubbsie? You could pick them up on the way south, if so.

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Oh, I've got some young worcesterberry bushes too, if you want to
give them a good home? ;-)

Oh, please - they are on my shopping list.

How many? I could probably rustle up half a dozen or so.

A couple would be ample, thanks. They are very easy to propagate if I
can find room for more. The house I bought last year has a long narrow
garden which runs east-west, so some of it gets sun until late evening
when the row of poplars to the west grabs it and won't let any go.

I've prepared a deep hole filled with lovely things next-door's cats
kept digging up (but I sorted them with a sprinkling of aluminium
ammonium sulphate) with the intention of molishing a rhubarb mine, but
was a bit late, so it's going to host a couple of pumpkins this year.
Also planted some jerusalem artichokes for me and global warming, and
sunflowers for a rescued cockatiel which I have to cater for.

Wish it would rain - I jar my wrists if I bang a fork into - er -
rather, onto the ground ATM. I've about thirty runner bean roots from
last year to put in, and all I have is a strip of something I wouldn't
dare to call lawn.

Really must trundle up there again innit. There are so many calls to
make on the way thobut. I wonder whether I'll have the comlot on the
road? Might be cheaper on the Macbrayneyboat.

WTF is "the comlot"? Are you planning going even "further norther" to
Compo and Stubbsie? You could pick them up on the way south, if so.

Comlot? I thought you were a biker? It's one of those impossible
contraptions which when totally out of anything accepted as 'true' by
the engineering fraternity actually works rather well. Guess.

Give you a clue - complements my BMW boxer twin.

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