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While most of the crocosmia I have planted in my garden is nearly finished blooming, the smaller Emily Mckenzie crocosmia is in full bloom. I’m happy that she has a prominent spot in the front garden, and that she occasionally turns a bloom upwards letting is all see her decorative colours.
The rest of the crocosmia is ready to be divided. It’s easy this time of year, just grab a clump and pull to thin them out, or dig up the whole bunch and put back a quarter of them. I like to leave some adorning the garden as the seed knobs take on interesting shapes. In a few weeks the bulbs will turn orange and it’ll be like a second blooming.
While I typically don’t do orange in my pink garden, I discovered a mysteriously orange plant the other day. It was Emily blooming away behind an arbor. How she got there is anyone’s guess. The flowers are too pretty to yank out. I might be a convert. I look forward to the seedpods.
Beautiful photo’s!
I really like those seed heads.
I just bought an Emly McKenzie Croscosmia in a small pot. I live in Vancouver, BC Canada.
Do I plant it in the gound now (Sept) or wait until spring. Will it survive our winter in the pot sheltered from the winter? zone 5 to 7
thank you
Hi Shelley, I would plant them in the ground now with a nice mulch over them. They should be fine through the winter if planted now. Thanks for stopping by.