@Siversurfer - I've just been out with a metre stick and measured My Emberglow is around 1m 20, with some leaves taller. It holds itself upright un-aided. Lucifer is about 1m 40, again some leaves taller. BUT it is only that high because of hoops and posts and baler twine, otherwise it would be prostrate! The only way to get it to stand anywhere near upright is to keep it in very small clumps in a sheltered spot and I have one clump like that, which is being supported by the surrounding plants with some success, but is still rather uneven in appearance, and does not show itself to best advantage.
I have 'Emberglow' with flowers just opening now at 1 m 40. Last year it fell over, some stems breaking off at the base, so this year it is inside a plant support. I'm beginning to read the label and double it, as everything turns out so much taller and spreads wider than the labels or other sources say. We had an exceptionally dry summer here too.
Thank you all again very much, especially Fairygirl whose recommendation of Ballyrobert (in Antrim) has borne fruit for an initial order, that I hope will please my OH, and will be my/our first stop for any future needs. I've made notes of other varieties mentioned.
Oh that's nice @nick615, although no need to thank me. Glad you've got a good result.
I've found them to be excellent, and someone who used to post on the forum also knew them and recommended them too. Their site is also very informative.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My Emberglow and Lucifer are pretty much on the advertised heights - Emberglow about 75cm/ 2'6" and Lucifer about 4'/1.2m. Maybe Emberglow grows taller in soils that retain more moisture than mine does. Or possibly there are wrongly-labelled corms out there.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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"Crocosmia Emberglow' is a cormous perennial to 75cm tall,"
"Crocosmia lucifer....Eventual height: 1.2m"
My Emberglow is around 1m 20, with some leaves taller. It holds itself upright un-aided.
Lucifer is about 1m 40, again some leaves taller. BUT it is only that high because of hoops and posts and baler twine, otherwise it would be prostrate!
The only way to get it to stand anywhere near upright is to keep it in very small clumps in a sheltered spot and I have one clump like that, which is being supported by the surrounding plants with some success, but is still rather uneven in appearance, and does not show itself to best advantage.
I'm beginning to read the label and double it, as everything turns out so much taller and spreads wider than the labels or other sources say. We had an exceptionally dry summer here too.
I've found them to be excellent, and someone who used to post on the forum also knew them and recommended them too. Their site is also very informative.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...