Jim: I'd sure look at the Wal Series from David Tristam of the UK...names like 'Walcroy', 'Walhread', and 'Walbreyes'. They are much more compact and don't seem to multiply so fast that they stop flowering after a season as does C. 'Lucifer' for us. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Waddick Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:29 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Lucifer Dear Friends, Speaking of hellish hot weather, Crocosmia 'Lucifer' is blazing away in this heat and humidity. Talk about flashy, brazen and bold ! Take a look http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Now the admission, that it took us a couple years and losses to find a happy place for 'Lucifer'. Our first success came with a pot of already growing corms in foliage. All previous trials with 'dormant" (dead? Dried? ) bulbs failed. Now we have a couple of thriving clumps in full sun and partial shade. We have yet to have marked success with any other cv or species. I new plant of 'Distant Planet' from Seneca Hills (the late S. H. ) is growing well, but no real test yet. Can anyone suggest other cvs or species that succeed, grow, multiply and BLOOM in Zone 5? Mark Fox's Crocosmia web site has some delicious looking varieties (http://www.simplesite.com/CROCOSMIA/) (Harlequin and Rose Queen call me). Appreciate experience in colder climates. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +