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Crocosmia Bulbs - Description
- Pack of Crocosmia Bulbs
- Variety: Crocosmia Emily McKenzie
- Wonderfully Decorative Crocosmia Flowers
- Flower Colour: Deep Red Centres & Bright Orange Petals
- Produces a Mass of Star Shaped Blooms
- Flowering Period: From June to September
- Quantity: 5 Bulbs Per Pack
- Fully Grown Size: 60cm
- Foliage: Long, Grass Like Foliage
- Habit: Clump Forming Plant
- Crocosmia Will Produce New Bulbs Each Year & Clump Will Spread Over Many Years
- Spacing: 10cm
Crocosmia Bulbs - Uses
- Excellent when planted en mass
- Plant with ornamental grasses for a stunning display
- Plant up box parterres with groups of Crocosmia
- Bright red & orange flowers make for a real show stopper
- Grow in herbaceous beds & borders
- Ideal under hedge rows, in narrow borders or along walls
- Plant in pots & planters
- Use in cut flower gardens
- Grow with Vinca, Crocosmia Lucifer, Wallflowers, Sage or Rudbeckia
Crocosmia Bulbs - How to Sow
- It is always best to start your bulbs indoors, in a greenhouse or polytunnel
- Grow in large pots (5L or bigger)
- Once shoots are 10cm in height you can move out into the garden
- Choose a sunny location
- Prepare soil before planting. Loosen soil & add farm yard manure
- Depth: Sow each bulb 3 times their size in depth (10cm deep)
- Plant with pointed end pointing upwards
- Spacing: 10cm apart
- Cover with soil & water well
- Divide clumps every 3 years to encourage better flowering
Crocosmia Bulbs - Note
- Crocosmia bulbs are in fact corms and not bulbs
Corms & Bulbs
- Corms
- These are modified stems (that store food) with a basal plate
- They have a pointed top which can have one or more growing points
- Examples of corms include Crocus, Gladioli & Freesia
- Bulbs
- Bulbs are made up of scales, which eventually become the foliage & flowers
- The scales are modified stems that store food
- They have a dry outer layer (tunic)
- Examples of bulbs include Onions, Lilies, Tulips, Daffodils & Hyacinths etc
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