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What type of grass is this?

Mike176Mike176 Posts: 21
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Hi Everyone,
Re the plant pot: Can someone tell me what type of grass this is please? Can’t remember where it came from but there are a few strong shoots which are now collapsing under their own weight. They are in full shade. Red coloured stems at the bottom. Any ideas to help them multiply?
Thanks
Mike

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  • Mike176Mike176 Posts: 21

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Crocosmia? If so ,not a grass, but a bulb
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Looks like Crocosmia to me too. 
    If it's appeared, rather than being planted, don't worry - it'll multiply quite happily by itself....everywhere, as it'll be the common one.

    Unless you confine it to those pots.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hostafan1 said:
    Crocosmia? If so ,not a grass, but a bulb
    Corm  ;)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    wild edges said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    Crocosmia? If so ,not a grass, but a bulb
    Corm  ;)
    I was keeping it simple.  ( most folk know what a bulb is, but not everyone is familiar with " corm " )
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I was thinking the same @wild edges, but I knew @Hostafan1 was probably doing exactly that - keeping it simple. 

    Us pedants eh?  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mike176Mike176 Posts: 21
    Thanks a lot Fairygirl, Hostafan1 and Wild Edges. Anything I can do to help the propagation - a couple of tentative shoots have appeared. Also, should I cut back the leaves when they start to wilt?

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They spread themselves @Mike176. They're little corms [they look a bit like crocus bulbs] and they multiply by themselves by forming new ones. 
    No need to cut the leaves back. The flower stems will appear from among those. They usually flower later in summer  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mike176Mike176 Posts: 21
    Thanks for that Fairygirl
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