Comments on: Fiery flowers http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:48:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Maloney http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Mike Maloney Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:01:34 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-479 I snuck home some crocosmia from Ireland this summer. They were growing wild along the roads. A couple survived replanting. Some have come up. I live in zone 5. How do I protect these over the winter" I snuck home some crocosmia from Ireland this summer. They were growing wild along the roads. A couple survived replanting. Some have come up. I live in zone 5. How do I protect these over the winter”

]]> By: Hoto http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Hoto Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:54:19 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-387 hi tricia, i just life in a apartment so i don`t have a garden myself. but my mom loves her garden and flowers and i love to sit in her garden and watch a the nice blommers. hi tricia,

i just life in a apartment so i don`t have a garden myself. but my mom loves her garden and flowers and i love to sit in her garden and watch a the nice blommers.

]]> By: deb http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-385 deb Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:36:43 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-385 I love the fiery red color. I've never grown crocosmia and don't even know what it is, but now you've got my curiosity up. I wonder if I can grow it here in TN? This is just one more reason I love GTS. I learn so much each time I visit the participants :) Mine's up, too....come by when you get a chance! I love the fiery red color. I’ve never grown crocosmia and don’t even know what it is, but now you’ve got my curiosity up. I wonder if I can grow it here in TN?

This is just one more reason I love GTS. I learn so much each time I visit the participants :)

Mine’s up, too….come by when you get a chance!

]]> By: Aiyana http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Aiyana Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:07 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-384 Hi Tricia, I'm in the Phoenix, Arizona area, Zone 9b. It's usually too hot(up to 118 degrees) and dry (average 7-15% humidity to grow many things here that others have in milder climates. Also, the soil is highly alkaline. Aiyana Hi Tricia,
I’m in the Phoenix, Arizona area, Zone 9b. It’s usually too hot(up to 118 degrees) and dry (average 7-15% humidity to grow many things here that others have in milder climates. Also, the soil is highly alkaline.
Aiyana

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Tricia Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:53:02 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-383 Thanks Moe. It's always nice to hear that someone likes your blog. ;) Oh and yes these are very fiery looking flowers. The name of the hybrid is Lucifer if that tells you anything! LOL Thanks Moe. It’s always nice to hear that someone likes your blog. ;) Oh and yes these are very fiery looking flowers. The name of the hybrid is Lucifer if that tells you anything! LOL

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Tricia Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:52:06 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-382 Aiyana Where are you located? I've heard you mention many times on my posts that you don't think you can grow certain things where you are. Are you in a very hot or very cold climate? Crocosmia apparently do well in USDA zones 5 to 9. I think a few varieties might even do well in zone 4 as well. Aiyana Where are you located? I’ve heard you mention many times on my posts that you don’t think you can grow certain things where you are. Are you in a very hot or very cold climate?

Crocosmia apparently do well in USDA zones 5 to 9. I think a few varieties might even do well in zone 4 as well.

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Tricia Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:49:55 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-381 Thank you Hoto - do you garden? Thank you Hoto – do you garden?

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Tricia Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:49:32 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-380 Sara mine took a year or two to really get going. Are yours newish? Also, I don't know if you had a year like ours with both too cool and too hot temps and little rain, but if you did then many of your plants, like ours, might not have done as well as in past years. Sara mine took a year or two to really get going. Are yours newish? Also, I don’t know if you had a year like ours with both too cool and too hot temps and little rain, but if you did then many of your plants, like ours, might not have done as well as in past years.

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Tricia Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:48:22 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-379 LOL well I have no idea how he might have mistaken them or if he really did. Usually I cut them down in the fall and leave the grassy stubs in place, but this past fall I didn't do anything because I was too sick so they died down naturally leaving a tangle of four foot long dead grassy looking foliage. Why he might have thought it didn't belong I don't know ... or maybe he knew it belonged but was removing the dead stuff and accidentally pulled it all out from the ground without noticing that he was pulling out the corms or bulbs. They are beautiful though. It took mine a couple of years to really get going nicely, but once they did they were outstanding when they bloomed. Oh and they bloomed twice in a season. LOL well I have no idea how he might have mistaken them or if he really did. Usually I cut them down in the fall and leave the grassy stubs in place, but this past fall I didn’t do anything because I was too sick so they died down naturally leaving a tangle of four foot long dead grassy looking foliage. Why he might have thought it didn’t belong I don’t know … or maybe he knew it belonged but was removing the dead stuff and accidentally pulled it all out from the ground without noticing that he was pulling out the corms or bulbs.

They are beautiful though. It took mine a couple of years to really get going nicely, but once they did they were outstanding when they bloomed. Oh and they bloomed twice in a season.

]]> By: Moe http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Moe Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:27:47 +0000 http://blog.triciaswaterdragon.com/2007/09/23/fiery-flowers/#comment-378 Fiery, indeed! I love your blog. It's got some great stuff on it! Fiery, indeed! I love your blog. It’s got some great stuff on it!

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