Dierama 'Cosmos'
CluelessGardener
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Good afternoon to all
After bying my first ever Gardening Magazine I was inspired to buy some flowers so I've bought two Helenium 'Sahin's Early' plants from a internet garden centure.
Never again as the plants look very poorly with sun damage from watering in the hot afternoon sun. So after a day or two of looking at the poor plants with there brown burnt leaves I decided to keep them what do I have to lose well I potted them in to a bigger pot as the only arrived in a small 5 cm square pot. Yes they are also pot bound.
so I mixed some general purpose compost and some blood,fish and bone meal to the mix.
Have I done the right thing ??
also the reason I've posted is I also bought the Dierama 'Cosmos' all I can say is it was inpulse buying as I don't have a pond or marshy soil in fact I have the hardest dryish clay you would hope to never have/own.
anyway I would like to keep this plant and grow it in a pot if thats possible if it's possible what would you suggest I do about soil/compost
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James
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re the poorly ones James. Don't over feed the sick, let them recover slowly.
I don't think Dierama needs marshy soil it looks nice by ponds but is grown on dry land
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you Nutcutlet for the quick sugestions
so would you just pot up in general purpose compost ??
James
That's what I'd do and water but don't over water because they can't cope with that and drown
In the sticks near Peterborough
With the dierama, I have them growing in probably the hottest bed I have! They didn't flower the first year, so I was contemplating moving them somewhere cooler, but then the plant produced a flowering stem last year, and about six this year! I do wonder if they were in a shadier spot the flowers might last a little longer?
OK I have put the Heleniums in a bigger pot and then placed them in a larger patio pot and also added some bedding plants along side them just so I can see if the enverioment it ok the pot is in a shaded part of the garden. The area i've placed them only gets the sun for around 4 to 5 hours ie they are in the shade from around 10.00 am.
Jenneferann
I have read some where that moved Dierama are quite fussy and may not flower for the first two or three years until.
James
I'll not move them now they have flowered
Most stems were a pale lilac but one was a burgundy colour, lovely!