I don't know your weather but I'm betting you're going to grow to love crocosmia. My first year was slow and later blooming, and this year's new one's mentioned in another forum/thread will be as well.
I consider it a "must have" and I gifted many after 3 years of growth. In good conditions great growth and return, great in a vase with glads. The difficult end of that combination is timing, adding new corms or digging and replanting with variation makes a better bouquet. Easier than my description, both corm grown flowers are simple to manipulate for shared blooms and each compliments the other well. Just the same they're great in the ground.
I'm sure you'll enjoy them.
