Best time to divide Crocosmia and Turberose

I've had the Crocosmia and Tuberose in pots for 3 years and they never bloomed. This year they both decided to bloom and have buds. When is the best time to divide them so I can put them in the ground?

Thanks!

X

Well, you answered my question, so I'll try to answer yours. I planted tuberose bulbs for the first time last spring and I got beautiful flowers last summer. I have to dig mine up in the fall and store in the basement, and replant in the spring. I did nothing to them, I threw the clump of bulbs with foliage still attached into an empty pot in my basement, and maybe 3 times over the winter I shook my wet hand over them to keep them a little moist. So I would say to you to wait until fall or early spring to divide them and plant in the ground. This year I decided to put them in containers, so the fragrance could be closer to us. I planted them sequentially in 3 pots. The first one came up, but the other 2 did nothing for WEEKS! I decided an animal must have dug up and eaten the bulbs so I told my husband he could use one of the pots of dirt to plant something in. He found a couple bulbs that were a little rotten, but were just starting to have sprouts of green. So I guess I didn't wait long enough. My question was going to be if they grow well in containers, but obviously they must if you've been doing it for 3 years.

Thanks.

X

Best time to dig or divide bulbs is when they are dormant. Evergreen type bulbs have a dormant period too, you just have to keep an eye on them.

Crinum>

I am definitely going to have to move my crinum .. I never realized they got so huge! I found some info that said you can divide crocosmia any time it is not flowering.

Thanks

X

I divided a clump of tuberose about a month ago and they seem to be doing fine right now. Even got a couple of buds forming. But, when they go dormant is probably the best time.

I have to ask: why don't you have them in the ground instead of a pot?

Because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them until now ... they will be going into the ground in the Fall.

X

Ahhh, the power of choice.

That's one of the things I love about gardening .. you can change your mind. Plants aren't set in concrete!

X

I had a friend give me a clump of tuberose in the middle of the summer and it did fine. I had it in a pot too and it didn't flower the first year maybe because it was divided then the second year it was in a pot due to moving and didn't bloom until winter was here. I divided it last spring when I got the bed ready and all 4 clumps have bloomed already and have multiple stems on each plant blooming now. I found that they grow wayyyyy better in the ground and smell soooo good!