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Cut back crocosmia?

CraighBCraighB Posts: 758
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Hi all, Yet another question which I can't find the answer to on Google. I have some crocosmia which over winter didn't go yellow or die back as we had such a mild winter. However lots of it have all holes in the leaves and looks a bit sorry for itself. The leaves are still green. Is it worth cutting back to the ground to give it a fresh start? Thanks image

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I think I would Craigh - it would normally die back, as you say,  and then produce it's new shoots from the debris. Just be careful not to catch the new growth  image

     

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 758
    Yea I will be very careful image I'm really looking forward to some warm weather now!!
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,036

    I would cut it back to let the new growth come up freshly as it would in a hard winter when the old leaves die.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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