Hi Jane, There should be no reason why Crocosmia "Lucifer" wouldnt cross with other crocosmias. In fact I am pretty sure it has been used in breeding and it also makes its own seeds as well. The UK seems far more advanced in creating new Crocosmia hybrids than we are in the US, but Far Reaches carries quite a few cultivars. Here in NY in zone6/7 with a low of -2F last winter, I can grow several cultivars and also the species aurea,but aurea does best if given a protective winter mulch or grown against a wall. I have had a large patch of it under the latter conditions at school for many years by now and it comes up earlier and flowers a bit earlier than the two clumps I have in my home gardens which are usually given some light mulch for winter. Lucifer flowers earlier so pollen would need to be stored to use on later flowering things like aurea I would think. Ernie DeMarie in NY where Crinum Super Ellen has its second flower spike opening, Crocosmia Pauls Best Yellow, C pottsii (I think) and some of the usual dutch red ones are flowering along with Galtonia candicans and Agapanthus campanulatus and various hardy hybrids grown from seeds. -----Original Message----- From: Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> To: pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2018 7:38 am Subject: [pbs] tulips Thank you for the advice and sympathy. I'll check out how the bulbs look and see whether they are plantable. They will probably need fertilizer if they are. Perhaps sometime they will be able to make flowers. The guy who was meant to plant them is a neighbor and can't get away. This is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which is when the bugbane patch and crocosmias are at their showiest. "Lucifer" is the only one I can reliably overwinter. I wonder whether it could be crossed with something else. Jane Sargent _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…