European Gardening: Crocosmia has started to bloom........., 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Hey, ain't DG a great place! It hadn't passed me by Mark that you were sweet talking Lauri! You may thank God Lauri likes Crocosmia, but the weather Gods may be out of favour!

CONGRATULATIONS to both of you!

Um, Mark, if no-one else has Elegance how did you get it???? African Beauty is a stunning colour!

The last lot of Gladiolus seeds I sowed, in April and May, are starting to germinate, a bit slow but they can sometimes need a series of cold and warmth, which they are certainly getting this summer! 3 pots I sowed a little earlier have a few germinated too. Another 12 autumn sowing ones to do which I really need to put in soon for this climate. I had a flower spike on G. dalenii, the pot is full of mature looking plants now, but I broke it off accidentally!

The Crocosmia leaves I think only have a midrib, which can just be seen in the pic. This pic shows it better. I'm not sure where they came from, but my neighbour has them too and she always begs and borrows plants, but they might have been here since time dot as this house has been here for well over 100 years.