Crocosmia in the Garden 2014

Hi mum. The two from me are Okavango and Meteore..the one you have as 'Orangeade' looks like Meteore. They are lovely...they just need controlling or they go mad. I have Okavango here and a lovely yellow one called 'Honey Angel'. I'm really in to the yellow ones!

ok will have a look at that one then online.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/257537-for-oliveoil/member/karensusan63

i do so love looking around open gardens..hope it brings lots of money in for the hedgehogs.

Your photos and details of the gardens have fired me up Oliveoil, I'm now working on the OH to get him to take me ASAP. I'll let you know how I get on, Thank you!

the darned birds turf the labels out and they get blown about and moved around so am never really sure which is which, but have been on to Laurie and Marks albums on their website and Orangeade does have a turned back petals. So think maybe the label belongs to the one next to it which I could not identify. That would explain it. As for Meteor I have no idea, mine is a very dark orange and the problem with my camera it does not pick up reds and oranges correctly. Have edited the blog to say which you think is Meteor, maybe someone else will have some ideas lol I am not sure, more sure about Orangeade and Orange Devil now so just got to be more convinced on Meteor. lol :O)

lol Waddy, hope you get to see lots of Crocosmia, if Laurie takes you down to her allotment you will be absolutely amazed at how many different ones there are.

Sandra it is a good charity, I love hedgehogs. :O)

What a lot of yellows there are and you never normally see them. If you would like a few Severn Sunrise in the autumn Oliveoil send me a PM.

Stera I have pm you. Thank you. Have you had a look at the Crocosmia Gardens website there are so many on there, amazing pictures. Lots of different colours too, so pretty, wish I had lots of room left to plant some more in. I am thinking maybe a little border in the front garden that at the moment isn't doing much would be ideal. So watch this space. lol. I feel a grass chopping out session coming on. lol. :O)

I remember you writing about these plants last year.
Seems a good collecting theme.

Beautiful I too love Crocosmias. Thanks for the website maybe I can identify a few of my lost label ones.

Diane they keep colour going for much longer in the garden, Lucifer is over now but the seed heads are lovely and if you look there is another Lucifer (cannot remember the full name) which flowers later after the tall one and is a shorter variety.

Wendy I find it a very useful website for identifying them. Think you will like it too. Laurie and Mark Fox are very helpful people. Good luck with the id. :O)

They are lovely plants, Barbara. I only have the common one that used to be called montbretia, but I love it. As long as I pull out what I don't want, it fills a couple of spaces nicely. The flowers are such a pretty shape, and a lovely colour.

Love your crocosmias I only wish mine were as good as yours. I will put some photos on for you to see.
Yes we had a lovely day in Caistor and well worth a visit.
Love Marjorie.

Melchi I have that orange one all over the borders, they so brighten up the borders and keep the colour going I love them all.

Marjories yours will be better next year hopefully. The yellow ones have been in for quite a few years now and are becoming established, they were not from Caistor. Hope you and your hubby are keeping well and enjoying the lovely weather, although the last couple of days has been a bit of a wash out at times. We got lots of rain on Friday evening but not as bad as some places in Lincolnshire. Hope you are managing to keep dry. x B

Interesting blog olive, have been a fan of these plants for many years, bought several. varieties with us when we moved from the Midlands,a favourite was a lovely bronze leaf and yellow flowers think it was called Solfatare, which is slightly tender, unfortunately we lost it, last year I bought quite a few from a specialist nursery, and was amazed at all the new varieties, could have spent a fortune.
You have a great collection and they do make very attractive garden plants, especially at this time of the year.

Thank you Dd, yes they are pretty plants. Will have a look at Solfatare, think I have lost my Jackanapes one, not seen it this year, although after saying that I cannot remember seeing it last year either. I know some of them are not as hardy as others which is always a shame. I bought some many years ago now from a nursery on line and they were in pots I left them outside to grow on over winter and they did not survive, but for the life of me I cannot remember which they were. lol.

Just found the answer to one of the crocosmia names, the one I thought was Comet is indeed Zambesi. so will adjust the title to that picture. Also Emily McKenzie has opened up and am adding her picture too to the blog. She deserves her place, it is a lovely crocosmia, orange with a deep maroon centre, beautiful sorry the picture doesn't do it justice my camera ...... I know a poor man who blames his tools. lol.