Talk:Crocosmia

Naming
I revised the passage about common names. In 40 years of gardening in the Pacific Northwest USA I have never encountered the names "Coppertips" nor "Falling Stars" to describe crocosmia / montbretia, in books, nurseries, nor conversations. The authoritative book Sunset Western Garden Book cross-references "Montbretia" as "See Crocosmia" and makes no mention of the other names (and I have multiple editions going back almost 50 years -- this has been consistent). I admit confusion between montbretia and crocosmia, prefer to use montbretia for the invasive C. × crocosmiiflora. This appears to be the case in other references I have, though I'm not going to review all my many books at this time.

I will give benefit of the doubt that somewhere coppertips and falling stars are used, although there would be no objection from me if these names were omitted. But the blanket comment about common usage in the USA must be omitted. GeeBee60 (talk) 15:43, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have been a little bolder. I can find no reference to these names in any plant database, nor in the various British sources including the RHS. I have therefore removed these unsourced names - leaving it up to anybody to provide properly sourced alternative names (other than montbretia which is of course still in use).Darorcilmir (talk) 16:41, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. My curiosity getting the better of me, a revision history search finds that these statements have stood unchallenged since 2005. We read about what we don't know, skip what we do. The editor who initially inserted the common names (Dec 2004) and the one who placed the geographic use as the United States (Nov 2005) both live in Europe. Sigh. GeeBee60 (talk) 15:58, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Citations needed (and not)
I feel that a citation is NOT needed that describes how a corm grows, and the request is deleted. For gardeners this is almost "common knowledge". The attached photo is a wikimedia image.

As a gardener I can confirm that C. × crocosmiiflora is invasive in my region, but this assertion does merit further research that is authoritative. So far I have found a Nature Conservancy listing and this one: https://www.invasive.org/species/list.cfm?id=64. Thus, this {citation needed} I have kept.

GeeBee60 (talk) 15:45, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Additional Photo?
Would it be acceptable for me to add an additional photo to the gallery of crocosmia in bloom? Thank you! MylarLemon (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 02:58, 11 November 2021 (UTC)