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the corms of wild arum. It'd not a problem I've solved so I'll be interested to hear what others do. Allottment holders in the village I come from would  spread them out in the sunshine and  sort of 'dry' them like hay, and then build a small bonfire

around my garden so quickly. But maybe those little corms get in with other weeds and taken to the compost heap. I assume that as time goes on all those fancy bronze and variegated ones seed back to the original. They aren't a trouble to me but if I was a

the surface.. yes I thought they were Crocosmia corms too. Crocosmia's? I wonder if they are wild arum (Lords and Ladies)?  The berries seem to be attractive to birds who drop them all over the place - especially in my garden, where I suddenly find them

an occasional watering to keep them going.My gladioli produced lots of cut flowers during August, and I lifted their fat corms at the weekend. They should store well, nestled cosily in a box of dry, insulating vermiculite to keep them frost free. Hopefully they

struggled-why not do half and half and judge the results-the ones in pots might then be able to be planted out if the garden ones fail Best to buy crocosmias in good sized pots, not corms, etc. they really are a very i vigorous plants, even the smallest

be an eyeopener! I don't however get where the word thong came from in this title in the first place? Am I missing something? Horsradish is sold in thongs....just as other items are sold as tubers, corms, whatever. That I didn't know! Dear Christine, Very wise

greenhouse where temp went below freezing. Could the dry conditions this year affect their growth? Is it worth replanting them now? I planted 5 garlic corms. Four formed The fifth was a group of what appeared to be corms so I have just planted those to see

/seed catalogue companies which produce a mass of flowers and stunning baskets all summer long, the small corms can with care be dried and stored in the autumn to be used again year after year, or for what they cost just buy new.RegardsJohn Here are a couple of my

outside have had problems this year - the extreme cold and then slushy wet deteriorating snow all over those crowns, I just pick off all dead or deteriorating foliage, right back tot he corm, try to clear away any accumulated debris eg fallen late oak

, but the corms need to have two inches (5 cm) of soil on top of them, so you'll need to re-plant them deeper when the leaves have died back. The conditions that you've planted them in sound fine, although they don't need such sharp drainage. So, nothing to worry