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Category: Photos and Info on some Crocosmia. | Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:51 pm

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Crocosmia Aurea var. Aurea.
Info: The true species, large wide open flowers with narrow apricot yellow petals. Autumn Flowering.





Crocosmia 'Auricorn'.
Info: Soft Orange flowers typical of C. Masoniorum, attractively set off against the distinctly dark Green pleated foliage. Masoniorum x Paniculata.





Crocosmia Aurea Maculata.
Info: Species plant. Thought to originally come from the Algoa Bay area of the Eastern Cape. Very pretty plant.





Crocosmia x Crocosmiiflora 'Little Redhead'.
Info: This fabulous new, sterile, Crocosmia comes from the UK breeding program of David Tristram. This little gem is one of the best Crocosmia that I have grown. Stems that rise just above the soft green sword-like leaves are topped, starting in July and continuing until September, with brilliant red-orange (RHS 41A) outfacing flowers. H. 70cm.





Crocosmia 'Cally Greyleaf'.
Info: (Curtonus) A wild collected form of this magnificent foliage plant, distinct pale Grey-Green pleated leaves and large branching zigzag heads of dull Orange flowers make a bold outline, late summer.





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Carminea'.
Info: Carmine Scarlet, very distinctive, Orange-Yellow centre. This may be the forerunner to 'Carmin Brilliant' or the surviving plant renamed after the second world war by the Pfitzer Nursery. Aurea x Pottsii.





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Pepper'.
Info: A short, Dutch x crocosmiiflora hybrid by Jac. M. van Dijk. Small, pale Cream flowers, heavily flecked with Orange. My favourite Crocosmia of all..





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Corten'.
Info: Burnt Orange flowers with large Yellow eye and Maroon blotches. Foliage is Bronze. Very pretty plant.





Crocosmia 'Out Of The West'.
Info: A new introduction from Gwynedd, Wales. The flowers are a dramatic Tomato Red and Yellow, the lower tepals have a distinct Red border. The Yellow throat on the lower 3 tepals contains extra little petaloid curls giving the flower a semi-double appearance.





Crocosmia 'Orangeade'.
Info: Vigorous. Bright Red-Orange, broad trumpet shaped flowers facing sideways. Probably of Dutch origin. H. 70cm. Bred by Burncoose and Southdown, Cornwall???? Masoniorum x Paniculata.





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Nigricans'.
Info: Blackish, 1914, Breeder unknown. Light Yellow flowers, Bronze-Green leaves. Could possibly be a plant raised from 'Solfatare'.





Crocosmia 'Jennine'.
Info: Clear Yellow self-sown seedling, similar to Jenny Bloom but shorter. Flowers are smaller and presented below the stem rather than above.





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Harlequin'.
Info: Philippa Browne Hybrid. Overseas Farm Nursery, Little Marcle, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Similar to 'Jackanapes' but slightly shorter.





Crocosmia 'Fire Jumper'.
Info: Largish flowers, overlapping tepals of Golden Yellow suffused with Orange in the throat, opening from Tangerine buds. Hybrid by Heronswood Nursery, USA. Reputed to be a seedling of 'Star of the East'. VERY pretty plant...





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Paul's Best Yellow'.
Info: Tall vigorous grower with large outward-facing golden-yellow flowers. The best Yellow in my opinion.





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'PDB5'.
Info: Philippa Browne hybrid... GORGEOUS!





Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Tiger's Eye'.
Info: Philippa Browne hybrid....







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About our garden

Category: The Crocosmia Gardens | Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:26 am

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Well where do I start.... I guess the best things is to tell you a little about where we are.
We are in Caistor, a small town on the side of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Below is a link to tell you a little more about the Wolds and some more about various villages in the area.

http://www.lincswolds.org.uk/

I have lived in my house for the past 20 years. It is only a small terraced cottage, but the garden is now so beautiful. We have done a lot of work in the garden this year... we dug up a lot of the lawn to make the borders a lot wider. The lawn now is a path that is a couple feet wide and meanders through the borders. We planted some 250 plants in the newly dug borders. This is a photo after I had taken the lawn back to a path...



This photo was taken just after we had planted those 250 plants in there....



As many people know I have the NCCPG National Collection of Crocosmia which I have had since Feb. 2007. That was one of the most exciting days in my life when I found out that I had been granted status.
For those who don't know about the NCCPG here is a link for more information.

http://www.nccpg.com/

We have around 280+ varieties of Crocosmia which has taken around 10 years to collect. I will be adding photos and information in another section of my blog.
As part of being in the NCCPG as a collection holder, we have to have an open day every year. This year we opened on the 24th August. We had an amazing response to it (some 100 people or so). I will add a photo later. Here is the photo...



This year we have also been accepted into the National Garden Scheme (NGS) and we will be appearing in the Yellow book next year. That should be quite an exciting time.

http://www.ngs.org.uk/gen/default.aspx?

Right now is the time for getting all the Crocosmia ready for the winter. So we are going to be pretty busy for the next two or three months. Again, I will add some photos showing what we do with the plants as we get them ready for winter.


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