This was given to me almost a year ago. It looked simply like a few blades of grass, very short, and consistent with grass. Boy, has it ever changed. It is a huge plant, close to 4 ft. high with these silly looking buds all over it. Never have seen anything like it in my whole life!!! If you want to receive some at the swap, identify it for me and you'll be the first one to get some!!
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
looks like a crocosmia
Tiger's right, that is definitely a croscosmia. You will have enough to share with the whole forum soon. LOL
Thanks both for the identification of the Crocosmia. I would never have found that in order to identify it by myself. Thanks very much. Now, who wants it? LOL
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am over perennials myself...but its a nice plant-wait until those blooms open. Do you not like it?
I think the flowers are awesome and they put on such a show. They may be better behaved in your climate; here where it does not freeze they multiply like bunnies. In spite of conscientious composting all I can get out, I still have thousands.
I like the clump okay, but oh how it has multiplied its space and quadrupled its height.
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Karin - I would love some! I have my tradelist up for the PDN/Raleigh RU LMK what you'd like in return...(with two acres I will take anything that will fill and area LOL)
Deanna
Ok, sure enough, Deanna. I will bring some for you. Will check your list. I don't have many flowers to trade, but I will trade those. I will be continuing my "private" trades at the meet mostly, though, since I started with barren ground here last year!!! I'm afraid a promised trade will die and I won't have anything to give to the person. 8'(
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
karin you may have anything of mine that you would like regardless of whether you have something to trade...I find alot of joy in giving away my plants...especially to those I know love em as much me!!!
The plant ... Crocosmia is just lovely at this point. It does not need anything to prop it up. It has strong enough stems to hold its own and is the right color that blends well with my other flowers Thanks to the donator for a lovely plant. 8-)))
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking at your picture above I bet it's beautiful. I need to try me some of that. I've been reluctant to buy any because I didn't know if it would be vole food.
Shari
karin - take another pic for us!!! I wanna see....LOL
Karin, I think you got the crocosmia from Tropicanna. It is very cool, isn't it? I have some, too and love it.
The last photo of the Crocosmia before the swap ...
Sorry I started a new thread above. The topic is the same as this one.
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bev do you know which kind of croc. it is?
