transplanting Dierama

Mary Sue Ittner via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:28:20 PDT
I once dug up some of mine and sent them to someone who wanted to try 
growing them and seeing if you could separate the corms like you can 
with Crocosmia and plant them and she did not have any success. None of 
them survived. The ones planted in our garden before we moved here more 
than 30 years ago reseeded and planted themselves in various places. 
Over time my experience is that they start to look unsightly even if I 
trim back the dead leaves and flowering diminishes so I've ended up 
digging some of those old stands out and tossing them. Most of the 
species are from summer rainfall areas and a lot of us grow them in 
Mediterranean climates so it could also be that they don't get enough 
water in summer. Since I enjoy seeing them at a time when most of the 
bulbs I grow aren't flowering I've decided what I need to do is to let 
them go to seed every few years and hope seedlings will find their way 
to suitable spots and start a new flowering stand.

Mary Sue


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