UK gardening - Dierama AKA Angel's fishing rod

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Dierama AKA Angel's fishing rod

jayeff

2005-09-25, 11:21 am

It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm sure the expertise and
helpfulness levels have not gone down. In anticipation of being
allowed to build a new house next year Madame and I are gathering
together cuttings and stuff to move with us. We've had a Dierama in a
raised wooden box bed for quite a few years now and I wonder if any of
you out there have any experience of moving one. Any tips?

Chris Hogg

2005-09-25, 4:21 pm

On 25 Sep 2005 06:45:19 -0700, "jayeff" <jayeff@j1952.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm sure the expertise and
>helpfulness levels have not gone down. In anticipation of being
>allowed to build a new house next year Madame and I are gathering
>together cuttings and stuff to move with us. We've had a Dierama in a
>raised wooden box bed for quite a few years now and I wonder if any of
>you out there have any experience of moving one. Any tips?

They don't like being disturbed and don't move happily. That said, I
have successfully moved one but took a large cube of earth with it, a
spade-width square and deep. I only moved it from one part of the
garden to another, so little chance of the cube breaking up, and it
never noticed. Alternatively, collect this year's seed and sow in your
new garden, preferably in the place you want them to grow to save
transplanting the seedlings.

--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Janet Baraclough

2005-09-25, 7:21 pm

The message <1127655919.862741.164620@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
from "jayeff" <jayeff@j1952.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm sure the expertise and
> helpfulness levels have not gone down. In anticipation of being
> allowed to build a new house next year Madame and I are gathering
> together cuttings and stuff to move with us. We've had a Dierama in a
> raised wooden box bed for quite a few years now and I wonder if any of
> you out there have any experience of moving one. Any tips?

Collect the seeds, if it's not too late, sow in a pot, cover in grit
leave outside over winter. They germinate like cress the next spring and
will flower the year after.

Janet

Charlie Pridham

2005-09-26, 5:21 am

"jayeff" <jayeff@j1952.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1127655919.862741.164620@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm sure the expertise and
> helpfulness levels have not gone down. In anticipation of being
> allowed to build a new house next year Madame and I are gathering
> together cuttings and stuff to move with us. We've had a Dierama in a
> raised wooden box bed for quite a few years now and I wonder if any of
> you out there have any experience of moving one. Any tips?
>
They are bulbous so shouldn't be too hard, but they are also evergreen and
would be best shifted in the spring but if you are going you have nothing to
lose, (take some seed now as well and hedge your bets)
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

Brian

2005-09-26, 7:21 pm

"jayeff" <jayeff@j1952.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1127655919.862741.164620@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm sure the expertise and
> helpfulness levels have not gone down. In anticipation of being
> allowed to build a new house next year Madame and I are gathering
> together cuttings and stuff to move with us. We've had a Dierama in a
> raised wooden box bed for quite a few years now and I wonder if any of
> you out there have any experience of moving one. Any tips?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Texts suggest lifting the corms each Autumn, cleaning them, and
overwintering, as gladioli,~~planting again in the spring. This presumably
in cold areas. The cormlets can be removed to increase numbers if they are a
named var.
There should be no problems.
Best Wishes Brian.
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