I have some in pots,a bucket full by the back door at the moment. In pots I think they need some protection in winter. I have had different Roscoeas in flower since July, starting with Kew Beauty, then various purpureas, red ghurka, scillifolia,pink and a dark purple form. they are all in a bed on their own. They come up so late,I always think I've lost them.
I think the big bucket full will need splitting next spring. (The white one with a tiny purple flush) It only has a collection number, I got it from Crug farm along with Vannin. Red Ghurka is only bulking up slowly. It has been in flower now for nearly three months.
I split mine as they start to grow in Spring,but before they come through the soil. Gently dig up or tip out of pot. The roots are like small dahlia roots, the tubers are star shaped and very brittle,with a new shoot coming up in the centre. Large clump tend to be connected fromone tuber to another. I rinse them off in water to be able to see the individual tubers. I plant them deep and gently cover over. Roland Bream who has the national collection says it is best in Spring, but sometimes he splits in autumn, where he is going to post them. The R. scillifolia came from him. He has them seeding in gravel near the entrance to his garden.
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Yayy,
Mine has babies all around it. Maybe they will flower next year. The original plant flowered earlier this year.
How about this one...
quite a bit taller though. I think the scillifolia have to go front of border. They will self seed into shady gravel.
That's lovely
Another one to seed into my drive, the best seed bed around.
I've got lots of cautleyoides seedlings coming along as well, year 3 I think, potted on early this year
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have some in pots,a bucket full by the back door at the moment. In pots I think they need some protection in winter. I have had different Roscoeas in flower since July, starting with Kew Beauty, then various purpureas, red ghurka, scillifolia,pink and a dark purple form. they are all in a bed on their own. They come up so late,I always think I've lost them.
They're lovely plants, I'm developing a taste for them and it's all your fault
The ones in pots go in the cold GH soon.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Mine have done well again this year, but as you say it's really easy to damage them as they don't show for me until June.
and I am terrible at remembering where things are when I can't see them. So far, so good
In the sticks near Peterborough
I think the big bucket full will need splitting next spring. (The white one with a tiny purple flush) It only has a collection number, I got it from Crug farm along with Vannin. Red Ghurka is only bulking up slowly. It has been in flower now for nearly three months.
3 months is very impressive
In the sticks near Peterborough
When it comes to separating the scillifolia would you do it when they're dormant or when growth starts in spring?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I split mine as they start to grow in Spring,but before they come through the soil. Gently dig up or tip out of pot. The roots are like small dahlia roots, the tubers are star shaped and very brittle,with a new shoot coming up in the centre. Large clump tend to be connected fromone tuber to another. I rinse them off in water to be able to see the individual tubers. I plant them deep and gently cover over. Roland Bream who has the national collection says it is best in Spring, but sometimes he splits in autumn, where he is going to post them. The R. scillifolia came from him. He has them seeding in gravel near the entrance to his garden.