Not for crocosmia, not sure about anemone.

Thats what I was afraid of. I just didn't want to say anything to the lady until I found out since I had never seen them before. All the bulbs or cormes of other things I have seen before had some sort of plumpness to them. These look petrified, lol.

I think anemone look like that, dry & dead looking. It has been a long time since I've grown them.

Linda

They should be dried out but plumpness is on the money.
Are you wanting to see what they look like for blooms? We grow three types of crocosmia and 5 types of anemone. We planed the anemone seeds or I would offer you some. I do have come crocosmia 'Lucifier' seeds if you want them, just yell.

Thanks Karma, the Lucifer is the one I ordered. If you have some extra seeds I would appreciate it since it doesn't look like this is going to grow into anything other than a tiny hocky puck maybe. So sad. These were some I have wanted to try for a long time. I have never grown either. Do you have pics of them? The anemone are supposed to be St. Brigid. I am going to email her and ask. She refunded my shipping with no note explaining why. I assumed it was because so much time had gone by when they were ordered and some of the order was supposed to be Christmas gifts so I assumed that was the reason. The amount also adds up to what I paid for the two sets of bulbs so maybe thats why she refunded. I'm going to write her and see whats up..

Kristy I am sorry that the order was not what it should have been. Hope you get your money back.

Lucy

How long do they take to bloom from seed? Kristy maybe you should soak the corms in water and see what happens? If they plump up and don't feel mealy and break apart maybe they are viable.

Kristy, just confirming. The crocosmia corms should be plumb and the anemone shriveled looking.

fool4flowers, I'll be working with my photos this weekend and see if I can post some photos for you. The ground is a little hard or I would be out there digging corns for you. Let's see what I can do when we thraw out some.

Oh no Karma please don't do that. You have enough to keep you busy. We get spring pretty early here then go straight to summer, lol. I'll wait til the lady emails me back. I'll try soaking them first and see what they look like. Maybe they will be ok or the other lady can make good on them.

I try anemones every year...I have never had one come up. But maybe thats cuz every one I ever tried was shriveled. Never tried crocosmia.

Lol, well I'll try them and see. Maybe soak them first.

Daniella saw a cute picture of a squirl yesterday eating peanuts and almost saved it for a future posting. I remember that many many gardening years ago when I just wanted blooming stuff out there. One year I planted lots and lots of bulbs. Well guess what the squirls had that winter? So I am always scared still, to plant bulbs and really did not plant any this year yet because of that experience back then and having them all over. I do feed them, but you never know when they get tired of peanuts!

Lucy