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Dierama dieback
"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message ... The message from "Charlie Pridham" contains these words: "Victoria Clare" wrote in message . 206... About half my young dierama plants (grown from seed) died right back over the winter, and there is still no sign of them. I dug one up, and there does seem to be a small but healthy corm there - but it's doing nothing! The ones that stayed green over the winter are putting out new leaves and look very healthy. I find that when I pot on the germinated seedlings of Dierama that if I over pot them they die off, and subsequent care of the small plants is tricky as they are prone to frost damage untill in the open ground, but if you put them out small you are likely to never see them again! Mine were sown when they ripened late last summer, germinated over winter in the cold frame, and are still in their sowing-pot looking very healthy. I'm planning to keep them in the pot until I absolutely have to slide them into a larger one, and plant them out as a clump once they have reached a good size. If they survive that, my plan is to divide the clump in a year or two. So here's the question..is this a good idea, or do established dieramas object to disturbance? Janet That is certainly a good way of getting them going, leaving them alone until large enough to go out. I have never tried splitting them as they are so easy from seed (although of course its pot luck with colours) as there are named forms which must be splits, it should be possible to divide them. They are looking stunning just at the moment :~) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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