Crocosmia

I have been given some crocosmia yellow(George Davidson) and (Emily McKenzie) Bi Colour in pots,could you please advise,can I put them in now,or should I put them in greenhouse until later on in the year,and how deep do the roots go please,

 

Good evening Loli my friend and many thank's for your helpful and invaluable information ,it is very much appreciated its a lovely warm photo and they would be just great,If I could I would fill my garden with Roses,Crocosmias and Crane's bill

Ps how deep do the roots go please

 

Good evening Rosietutu my friend ,thank you for that information the reason I asked is that where I would like to plant them there is only 6 inches of soil

 

Good evening HarryS and Kandy my friends thank you,I have discovered only today that it is rotting wood and and brick rubble,when I went to turn the soil over

 

There is quite a bit of confusion about Crocosmia and Montbretia. They are the same plant, so you can call it whichever you like, but Montbretia was a smaller hybrid version developed in France.

Most horticulturists now distinguish between the two by calling the tall ones Crocosmia and the short ones Monbretia.

The taller version tends to grow higher than the RHS give as a maximum height. They say it's 1.5 metres but once they are settled they can reach almost 2 metres.

@wiseowl they can be planted out any time - keep watering at this time of year and especially because of the lack of depth of soil. They come from a small bulb/corm and propagate by growing more of them attached to the original corm. They, fairly quickly, form clumps of these corms (which will happily spread horizontally) with lots of roots and can form a dense mat that is hard to dig out.

It's not too difficult to contain them in the ground if you dig, each year, around the area that you want filled in order to restrict them.

@Lolimac those are definitely not 'Lucifer' which are a very deep red. We have Crocosmia Lucifer that seem to have, over the years, lost some of their deep red colour . The big patch that they have formed are certainly not quite so red now, but some that we broke off the clump and planted elsewhere are redder than the parent plant .

When we had the GC outing to Bressingham the other week we saw some that were an even deeper red than Lucifer - but I can't remember the name (maybe @Kristen will remember ).

 

Good morning Shiney and Al n many many thanks for most your helpful and invaluable advice and help,I shall print the all these posts in this thread and keep them for future use

Al n your garden is a credit to you and looks amazing

 

Good morning all.a neighbour has just given me a Crocosmia "Red King" so that is thee different ones now

 

Good morning Kristen and thank you my friend