Tigridia and crocosmia bulbs, best time to plant?

A very nice eve to you all out there

I bought these today and I'm unsure when to plant them. I'm starting them off in pots to get them going, then transferring them into the ground when decent sizes ( that's the plan!)
When is the best time to start them growing, what's the best conditions and will a j innes multi purpose do?

Fank yoos all in advance for the many replies

 

Al they are both really hard and will start flowering naturally from July to August , best time is to plant them out in March .....
Really hard to catch the tigridia in flower , the flower only last one day but will come out with lots of buds , so plant a lots of them to really enjoy.

where did you get them from?

 

Thanks sal!

I bought 15 crocosmia bulbs, and 10 tigridia bulbs. Will they need warmth to kick start them or just put them in pots, covered in compost, water and away we go?

I got them in a local garden centre btw, and I think £1.99 for the tigridia and 2.49 for the crocosmia wasn't half bad.

 

I would strongly raccomand you to buy more tigridia , they are like hemerocallis , the flower only last one day , but each tuber will produce 3/6 flower , they are amazing and really hardy ......you can start them in pot if you like but that will not make any difference , use some sand to mix with the compost , slugs don`t really love sand ...
My crocosmia have been outdoor since I planted with no problem .

 

I will sal, next time I'm there I'll pick a few more packets up.

I bought a hemerocallis last year, it never flowered though.

 

hemerocallis will take time before will start to flowering no stop .....got few myself and they just flowered this year after 3 years in the soil .....they well worth , don`t give up yet.

 

Living North of The Border, I can confirm Crocosmia Lucifer variety is very hardy not so sure about the yellow varieties tho. If splitting up a clump I do this about March time here before the new shoots are appearing as it is very easy to break the new growth as they seem annoyingly brittle.

 

I'd plant the crocosmia in March , the ones I planted (Lucifer ) only flower the second year.