365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Hot Crocosmia
Day 277: Whoever named this variety of Crocosmia "Lucifer" probably did so because it is red-hot as the fires of hell. It also spreads like a weed, so if you succumb to its temptations, be sure you place it somewhere it isn't likely to take over the world. Initially, I'd put mine in a dead spot in the flower bed, and it only took a few years before I began repenting the errors of my ways. I dug it out, carefully sifting the soil for each and every tiny bulblet, but as is often the case with plants which form bulbs, there were some I missed. Little by little, I've managed to eradicate it from the flower bed and have moved it to a better location (two, actually) where it can grow with abandon. I love the "heat" the flowers give to the yard.
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