I've had a bit of luck

My dad is moving house, and is taking some of his favourite plants with him. So off I went to his yesterday to give him a hand digging them, racing them to their temporary new home in his allotment, watering them in thoroughly after their trauma of being uprooted etc.

He has masses of Montbretia (I think its called, firey orange crocosmia) that he was going to leave because it's not to his taste. So I dug it out and now its in my garden.

We also dug out a large hydrangea. It had two distinctly seperate main stems, so we split it. He kept one and I've got the other.

While all this digging and tidying was going on, we came across a load of plants in pots that had came from my house in Sheffield when we moved out. My dad had agreed to look after them until I got my new house sorted, and then as time passed we both completely forgot about them. I let him keep what he liked seeing as he'd had them for a year now, but he didn't want the big white daisees that I used to think were marguerites (the leaves are a bit different so I don't know what kind of daisees they are now), so I've got a good clump of that too.

All in all, I came away with some good plants for nothing more than a few hours of helping my dad, something I'd have done anyway.

One question though. What sort of conditions do Montbretia need?

 

I think Montbretia will grow just about anywhere Clueless.

I wish your dad well in his new house........A lot of people seem to be moving house recently, has everyone got itchy feet. :WINK1:

 

A goodly haul indeed.. I`m sure they will enjoy their new home.

 

Thanks all. I've planted the montbretia just by the perimiter. The spot gets a few hours of sun each day, and I added some compost to the spot to improve the soil a bit for them.

The hydrangea is in a large container, surprisingly looking no worse for wear after being uprooted on a hot day and then spending a few hours in the boot of my car. I was expecting it to sulk for a few days but it looks happy enough.