crocosmia

Montbretia

‘Lucifer’ has bright red flowers and is a little hardier. Crocosmia are deciduous cormous perennials with erect, sword-shaped leaves and branched spikes of showy, funnel-shaped flowers in summer

Classification

• Common Names: Montbretia

• Family: Iridaceae

• Variety: Lucifer

crocosmia 3.JPG: 2001-07-23 Montbretia

Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: Bulb

• Propagation: Division

• Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

• Flowering Season:

Clump forming; full sun partial shade; divide early spring.

2021-03-20: crososmia sprouted very nicely in the over wintering pots. I managed to plant them out

DSC02176.JPG: 2002-07-18 Montbretia

crocosmia.JPG: 2001-08-03 Montbretia

crocosmia 2.JPG: 2001-07-23 Montbretia

Crocosmia lucifer

Crocosmia, montbretia, is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Sudan. One species is endemic to Madagascar.

Classification

• Common Names: Crocosmia lucifer

• Family: ridaceae

• Variety: Lucifer

june 2003 - 139.jpg: 2020-11-14 Crocosmia in flower orange

Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: Bulb

• Propagation: Seperating cormlets

• Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

• Flowering Season: Mid summer

20190511_093428.jpg: 2020-11-14 Crocosmia before flowering