glendann
Texas
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You have some great beauties.The blooms are just fantastic.The 1st one really caught my eye so bright and cheery.Thanks for the photos.
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catspower
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They are BEAUTIFUL! The red one looked something like my Cardinal plant. Last year I planted a bunch of wild flower seeds along my creek. They have all come up and something different has been in bloom since early spring. That is untill the neighbors mowed everything on the north side of the creek then sprayed it all with weed killer. They bought the place last year, and I have asked them several times to please not mow the side of the creek. Its 15' from their boundry line. I even had it survayed(sp), and that wasn't cheap, and had copies of it sent to them by regestered mail. They signed for it, so I know they got it, but they used a bushhog yesterday and took out everything. All my wild flowers, all my day lilies, the spider lilies, everything. They even sprayed weed killer along the whole chain link fence I had put up 5 years ago. I hope my spring bulbs will still come up. Lost 6 Forsythia bushes and 6 Rose of Sharon. I don't know what else to do. (sorry about the long rant)
But your flowers are beautiful!
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Mr_Crocosmia
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Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Catspower
OMG, if the neighbours here did that I would have to kill them........ What is wrong with people that they don't like beautiful plants??
If I were you I would contact an attourney and have them stopped or thrown in jail...
Isn't it against the law to spray near creeks?????
Darn I would be soooooooooooooooooooo annoyed if I were you.
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Stephinalta
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| catspower wrote: | They are BEAUTIFUL! The red one looked something like my Cardinal plant. Last year I planted a bunch of wild flower seeds along my creek. They have all come up and something different has been in bloom since early spring. That is untill the neighbors mowed everything on the north side of the creek then sprayed it all with weed killer. They bought the place last year, and I have asked them several times to please not mow the side of the creek. Its 15' from their boundry line. I even had it survayed(sp), and that wasn't cheap, and had copies of it sent to them by regestered mail. They signed for it, so I know they got it, but they used a bushhog yesterday and took out everything. All my wild flowers, all my day lilies, the spider lilies, everything. They even sprayed weed killer along the whole chain link fence I had put up 5 years ago. I hope my spring bulbs will still come up. Lost 6 Forsythia bushes and 6 Rose of Sharon. I don't know what else to do. (sorry about the long rant)
But your flowers are beautiful! |
You should ask the people who surveyed your land what you can do, I'm sure they deal with that kind of stuff all the time, Just think about all the money you are spending on those flowers for them to just destroy them, not to mention the beauty they are destroying.
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Stephinalta
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ok now my original question before I got distracted was:
This may sound dumb, but are those the kind of flower that saffron comes from? I am pretty sure that is the name I was told "Crocosmia" & if so, do you have that specific flower?
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toni
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North Texas, Zone 8a
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It comes from the Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus)
It can be grown in the U.S. but only in semi-arid to arid locations where it gets hot, dry breezes in the summer.
But it takes several thousand plants to get a few ounces of threads, that's why it is so expensive. 
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jmmv08
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: Can anyone spare a Crocosmia corm? |
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It's lovely. Thanks for sharing your garden photos. I like it.
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Mr_Crocosmia
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Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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jmmy
You are welcome..........
You should see the garden now the crocosmia have finished flowering (well most). Its always a sad time when that happens!! Seems to go by so quickly.
Oh well, always next year to look forward too..
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