It would be better (and more polite) if you see someone in one of those gardens to ask if they plan to divide the clump next spring and if so could you have some? They need lifting every 3 or 4 years and I expect most people would be glad to have somewhere to off-load some. If you lived near me you'd be most welcome to a bit of mine .
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Joining in with the debate ..... I've had the common orange "montbretia" in my garden for donkeys years, mine is much paler than Bright star's plant.
I also have a "Lucifer", which was gifted as a split clump from a neighbour. Much taller, with a more "erect" growth habit, and a bright pillarbox red.
One thing I noticed about my Lucifer plant was a difference in the leaves. They were "pleated" vertically, like an origami fan. As I've no proper name or label for it, I don't know if this is typical of Lucifer or not ???
I think raisingirl's suggestion of asking a neighbour nicely is a good one. The lady who gave me mine stopped for a chat about gardening as she passed by walking her dogs, I was up to my elbows in muck at the time .
You're dead right Kitty about the pleated leaves. I had a clump on the bank which did nothing for years and they are now in flower. I didn't recognise the leaves. I'm clearly no threat to nutcutlet on the id threads.
I'd agree with nut about them not coming true from seed - you need vegetative material for that. They just revert to the 'standard' orange otehrwise. I'd also agree that the OP's one is a hybrid of some kind - it certainly isn't Lucifer.
I've had the 'pleating' with other crocosmias too, including the bog standard one, so it may be a weather/soil/climate issue rather than variety?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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It would be better (and more polite) if you see someone in one of those gardens to ask if they plan to divide the clump next spring and if so could you have some? They need lifting every 3 or 4 years and I expect most people would be glad to have somewhere to off-load some. If you lived near me you'd be most welcome to a bit of mine
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Joining in with the debate
..... I've had the common orange "montbretia" in my garden for donkeys years, mine is much paler than Bright star's plant.
I also have a "Lucifer", which was gifted as a split clump from a neighbour. Much taller, with a more "erect" growth habit, and a bright pillarbox red.
One thing I noticed about my Lucifer plant was a difference in the leaves. They were "pleated" vertically, like an origami fan. As I've no proper name or label for it, I don't know if this is typical of Lucifer or not ???
I think raisingirl's suggestion of asking a neighbour nicely is a good one. The lady who gave me mine stopped for a chat about gardening as she passed by walking her dogs, I was up to my elbows in muck at the time
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You're dead right Kitty about the pleated leaves. I had a clump on the bank which did nothing for years and they are now in flower. I didn't recognise the leaves. I'm clearly no threat to nutcutlet on the id threads.
I'd agree with nut about them not coming true from seed - you need vegetative material for that. They just revert to the 'standard' orange otehrwise. I'd also agree that the OP's one is a hybrid of some kind - it certainly isn't Lucifer.
I've had the 'pleating' with other crocosmias too, including the bog standard one, so it may be a weather/soil/climate issue rather than variety?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...