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Janet & I run a small nursery called Special Perennials, our website is www.specialperennials. com is full of colour photos and growing tips. Crocosmia STARS OF THE LATE SUMMER GARDEN We sell at Plant Hunters’ Fairs throughout the season. Please see www.planthuntersfairs. co.uk Crocosmia are better known as montbretia and have often have a bad name as invasive plants. However, there are lots of choice varieties that are less spreading and worthier of their other common name: falling stars, after their cascades of brilliant, fiery, starry flowers. These plants come from Africa and can be dug up in late autumn and laid out to dry so that the corms could be stored indoors in winter if your soil is waterlogged in winter. I leave the corms in the soil as my garden isn’t very wet or cold. The plants like a moisture retentive soil in summer and this will give bigger and more flowers. By choosing different varieties you can have flowers from July to early October and plants from 1ft / 30cm to 4ft / 120cm tall. Perhaps the most popular, tallest and earliest to flower is the orange red “Lucifer” with his pleated leaves and long cascades of flowers. He starts flowering in July through to the end of August. Lucifer is wonderful for adding a touch of hot colour to a more subdued planting. In our garden we have him amongst regal lilies, rusty foxgloves and giant oats. “Hellfire” is a newer version of this old favourite and is a little shorter and later to flower and has luscious, deep, velvety red flowers. Medium in height is the curiously coloured “Culzean Pink” – not a true pink but with a definite pinkish glow to the warm orange flowers. There are also short varieties for the front of the border like the pinkish orange “Limpopo”, deep yellow “Honey Angels” and “Solfatare” (which also has bronze leaves). These grow to about 1ft / 30cm and their bold colours are the highlight lining my paths and patio in August and September. For a softer effect, there are some lovely pale lemon flowered varieties. All are very alike: you might find “Citronella”, “Sulpherea” or “Morning Light”, there’s not much to choose between them. These are 1ft 6in / 45cm tall and flower in late August perhaps through to early October. I plant crocosmia corms in spring about 3-5in / 7-12cm deep and about 6in / 15cm apart although it isn’t crucial to be exact in this. Potted plants can be planted in spring or summer. These bright plants are easy to grow and invaluable for brightening up the garden in late summer. Keep an eye out for crocosmia at plant fairs in late summer and catch a falling star for your garden. Martin Blow
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