It was not me but if you have any going spare I would love some. I have bought corms in the past and I am not convinced that I am planting them where they would choose to be.

Have promised some to Seaburngirl and given some more away today. Will bear you in mind if there are any more - I think there might be a few. I'm surprised you've had trouble establishing them - they are often enthusiastic spreaders. Perhaps you could plant one in various places and see which is happy! PM me your address
Sue

Thank you Steragram. I have them in three places and none of them are spreading. Do they take a while to settle and start to spread. Mine have been in about 3 years, 2 years and the ones I planted this year have vanished. What type of soil do they need. I have fairly acid soil in place three, clay with peat added in place 1 and quite sandy soil which has had home made compost mixed with it in place 2. It was what I mixed to grow carrots in the year before. They have done better in that I think. Funny enough the Firejumper which I bought growingin a pot will thrive in any pocket of soil it can find to plant a seed which does make the Lucifer a bit of a mystery. I have always planted dry corms bought from the GC.

I don't honestly know. I just shoved them in what I had when we first moved here. Not brilliant but I did add some compost. The pH is just slightly to the acid side of neutral, but I don't think they care very much one way or the other. They started to spread almost straight away, and seeded as well.

Thank you. I will keep my fingers crossed that these work for me.