Planting and caring for Crocosmia

South Africa gave the world quite a few amazingly beautiful flowers. Some of them have successfully spread all over the world and have become very beloved and popular. One of these colors is Montbrecia or Crocosmia. This flower is becoming more and more popular in our country, not only because of its grace and beauty, but also due to the fact that planting and caring for Crocosime is quite simple.

Growing Montbrecia is, in principle, no more difficult than growing gladioli. This flower is also propagated by corms, children. Reproduction of this flower by seeds is also possible. If the plant is propagated by seeds, then planting should begin in February. After the seedlings grow up a little, they should be dived into separate pots. And this is how it will be most convenient to plant the plants in a permanent place, pulling out each one with a clod of earth without damaging the roots.

Planting corms and children is done in the same way and at the same time as gladioli. Crocosmia loves well-fertilized, rather loose soils. A prerequisite for good growth and beautiful flowering is sunlight, in the shade this plant stretches, weakens and may not bloom at all and disappear. By the way, if Montbrecia is grown from bulbs, then it will bloom in the same season, but children or seedlings from seeds will begin to delight with flowering only in the second, or even in the third year.

Crocosmia, like any bulbous plant, is unpretentious in care. She likes not very frequent, but very abundant watering. It is advisable to loosen the soil after watering so that the bulb and the resulting children can breathe freely.

Before the plant begins to grow in buds, it should be fed with a special fertilizer for garden flowers.

With the onset of cold weather, Montbrecia is dug up, corms are dried in the air and stored in a cool room with a temperature of 5-7 degrees Celsius. Children, as well as in gladioli, are separated before planting.

Good luck!