Crocosmia problems
- crocosmia in winter
- crocosmia lucifer in winter
- pruning crocosmia in winter
- is crocosmia winter hardy
Crocosmia leaves
Is it too late to plant crocosmia bulbs!
Crocosmias are hardy plants which can generally cope well with UK winter conditions.
As herbaceous perennials, their foliage will die back over the winter months before the plants burst into new growth in the spring.
Crocosmias vary slightly in hardiness depending on the variety that you have chosen to grow.
Some are H5 hardy, which means that the corms will survive the winter across the UK, even during extreme winters.
Some are H4, and while they will usually be hardy, damage may occur to the corms during extreme conditions or in the coldest parts of the British Isles.
To care for crocosmia in winter:
- Wait for foliage to die back naturally at the end of autumn or early winter and then cut back foliage any time after die back, ideally in early spring.
- Mulch crocosmias in the ground with an insulating layer of compost or other organic material.
- Consider insulating pots to protect corms in containers in colder locations.
Read on to learn a little more about the above, and to make sure that your crocosmia corms make it through the winter months unscathed: