The message <BAY20-F28D0A6FDBB0F8A31978A66AE5A0@phx.gbl> from "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> contains these words: > >From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> > > > >I have a collection of crocosmia hybrids which have leaves that are > >about knee-high and stand up nicely. > > > >I also have C. masonorum and Lucifer, both of which cause problems. > >The leaves are as tall as I am, and if they were growing in good soil > >instead of my sand, they would probably be even taller. They are > >also wide, bright green with prominent ribs. Very handsome, but a > >real problem, as they don't stand up at all. They lie over the > >ground, covering pathways and suffocating whatever is beneath,like my > >orange-leaved heuchera, which I uncovered today, leafless. > > > >It seems a shame to compost such healthy plants. > > > >Any suggestions for making them stand up? More sun? Corsets? My Crocosmia Lucifer isn't too bad for flopping over but I also have C. paniculata which is even taller and flops badly particulrly late in the season after it has flowered, perhaps becuse it's not in full sun. I have been looking at mine each weekend and wondering whether it would weaken the plant and cause non-flowering to cut down the foliage now. It's still green and healthy looking but lying horizontally across everything else in the bed. Does anyone else cut down their C foliage before it turns brown? Janet S. Lincs, UK