Crocosmia Brown Tips

Hi,

I have a Crocosmia I bought a couple of months ago and it was very healthy and putting out lots of flowers, which lasted quite a while. Now though, the few flowers it is putting out don't seem to last long before they shrivel and the new flower buds have brown crispy edges around them and some of the leaves have brown crispy tips too.

What could be wrong?? The soil it is in isn't bone dry or soaking wet, it's slightly damp, so don't think it could be that. We haven't got it in the sunniest of places and have given it seaweed feed a couple of times, could that be one/both of the causes??

Here are some pics...

All the flower bud tips on the second photo are brown and dry.

 

Hello Sally, photo no 2 looks like seed pods to me not flower buds.

 

The brown tips could be caused by the wind scorching them. Overall it looks fairly healthy to me. I would deadhead as necessary and then wait for next years flowers, when it will have settled in properly.

 

Oh, I did wonder if they were seed pods.

 

Yes, could be wind scorch as it's always windy at the moment! I haven't really been deadheading as the flowers have just been dropping off!

 

Agree......those "crispy" flower edges are spent flower heads Sally. It's what happens to flowers of all kinds when they have gone over. I remove these right to the base.....couple of reasons; plant looks better, without the extra weight and height it stands up better to the wind and rain and the energy then goes back into the plant to produce better plants for next year. But, that's it for this summer now. Flowering is over
The brown tips on the leaves could be because of the hot dry spell earlier but all looks good to me there Sally

 

So these are spent flower heads and not seed pods?? So I should remove the whole stalks with these spent flower heads on??? Just don't want to remove them if they're seed pods!!

 

Same thing Sally.
Why would you want to grow from the seed? A rigmarole when you can more easily divide crocosmias or use the myriad of corms underground...???
as I said, removing the seed/flower heads improves the plant you already have.
However, the seeds are ready when the pods are crispy brown and easily shake out into your hand. Left to seed on their own you could be inundated with seedlings

 

Oh, ok, get what you are saying now! Thanks Verdun!