Lucifer

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:21:45 PDT
Jim:

I'd sure look at the Wal Series from David Tristam of the UK...names like
'Walcroy', 'Walhread', and 'Walbreyes'.  They are much more compact and
don't seem to multiply so fast that they stop flowering after a season as
does C. 'Lucifer' for us.  


Tony Avent
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-----Original Message-----
From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of James Waddick
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:29 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: [pbs] Lucifer

Dear Friends,
	Speaking of hellish hot weather, Crocosmia 'Lucifer' is blazing away
in this heat and humidity. Talk about flashy, brazen and 
bold !	Take a look 
	http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

	Now the admission, that it took us a couple years and losses to find
a happy place for 'Lucifer'. Our first success came with a pot of already
growing corms in foliage. All previous trials with 'dormant" (dead? Dried? )
bulbs failed. Now we have a couple of thriving clumps in full sun and
partial shade.

	We have yet to have marked success with any other cv or species. I
new plant of 'Distant Planet' from Seneca Hills (the late S. H. ) is growing
well, but no real test yet.

	Can anyone suggest other cvs or species that succeed, grow, multiply
and BLOOM in Zone 5?

	Mark Fox's Crocosmia web site has some delicious looking varieties
(http://www.simplesite.com/CROCOSMIA/) (Harlequin and Rose Queen call me).

	Appreciate experience in colder climates.		Best 
		Jim W.


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Zone 5 Record low -23F
	Summer 100F +



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