Crocosmia 'Lucifer' question

Morning gardeners, I have a patch of C. Lucifer that I planted some years ago, unfortunately now they are mature plants, they are much to big for the position they are in and shroud the planting behind them.

I am aware that they can be lifted and divided in spring, but I was wondering if I could also do that now (mid-august), moving them at the same time?, as I would really like to work on the area they are in asap.

They have finished blooming as they came out mid July, and currently are setting seed.

many thanks

Steve

 

Hi gdham,i moved some 2 week back to make room for a hen coop and they carried on and flowered that week
all my canna plants did aswell

 

No problem moving them now. I'd try to keep as much of the leaves as possible (not too easy as they are a bit brittle) as by loosing their leaves early, it might affect flowering next year .

 

Silu: would you not cut back the leaves 1/3 to compensate for the disturbance to the roots? I think otherwise the stress to the plants might also impact next years flowering - in fact moving them at a sub-optimal time has that risk anyway, so as long as that's not an overriding concern I'd press on with it, and just try to keep them well watered, and stress free

 

Thanks, they will be on the move as soon as the weather dries up a little.

 

Just a little update, I have moved them to a new position. Geez were they tough cookies to get out. I'll just have to wait until next spring to see if they have survived, and how it has effected flowering.

Thanks for all the comments and advice.

 

Thanks for the support.

I have a lot of offsets (is that the right word?) that I have kept cool and dry, as I did the move a couple of weeks ago, do you think they will be ok if I pop them in sometime in the next couple of weeks? The OH would like some of these in the front garden as well.

 

Ahh, that makes sense, they are much like me, easily confused that is....

 

Oh I know what these flowers are! Learning already... ours have been murdered by the chickens this year. By accident of course but they trample down their hefty big leaves. Didn't occur to me to shift. Might just do that. Thanks for the inadvertent tip...