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    Happy Birthday PEF

    Its turning waaaaay too quick for me
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    Nah nothing exciting just the lads who I go cycling with, it was the nearest Saturday to xmas where all of us were free at once
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    Happy Birthday PEF

    Thanks all 55 years young - what happened there !!!!!!
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    Yeah I'll do that with the hyacinth bulbs, Ive loads of pots in the shed but therein lies a whole new raft of questions, what do i put in the pots, Ive about half a bag of compost in the shed but that wont be enough so I'll need a trip to the garden centre, do I need a soil compost mix? if so...
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    Not putting me off at all - I now have the makings of a plan I'm going to prune back the Cotoneaster I normally keep it tidy its just laziness thats prevented that of late. And dig out its offspring. I'm going to give the bluebells on last hurrah and then when theyve flowered this spring I'll...
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    well my attachment didnt work which renders the above post pretty pointless although it worked in the preview, I'll have another try
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    So this is the garden or about 75% of it, you can see the flowerbeds running down the left with the spent crocosmia covering most of it, there are 3 or four Royal Lillys in there as well if you look closely. I basically just wanted a splash of as much colour as possible so without having a clue...
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    They just seem to have pulled out of the bulbs in previous years and it didnt affect them but I'll not do it again. I can stand the garden being a mess no problem till spring (and after that if i dont have time to do it 😁) but I might cut them back later in the month, I've got a handful of...
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome. @Tetters my original message was badly worded I dont want rid of them permanently just to get rid of all the dying foliage from them ready for next year. So pull the stalks/leaves out of the bulbs, prune them off, or maybe some other way? My location is...
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    Crocosmia after flowering

    Hi everyone, I have a flowerbed full of Crocosmia Lucifer that are done for the season and was just wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to get rid of them? I've previously just pulled them out of the bulbs but is there a better way to treat them than this? Cheers
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