General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 15-18 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Cut or dried flower arangements
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Red
Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Other: Divide every 3-5 years in spring before new growth emerges
Parentage: Crocosmia aurea x Crocosmia pottsii

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Common names
  • Crocosmia
  • Montbretia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
  • Synonym: Crocosmia x latifolia
  • Synonym: Montbretia x crocosmiiflora
  • Synonym: Montbretia crocosmiiflora
  • Synonym: Tritonia x crocosmiiflora
Also sold as:
  • Crocosmia x crocosmiflora

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Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2014-08-05
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Date: 2021-06-26
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2014-07-29

Date: 2018-07-10

Date: 2018-07-10
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2014-07-29
Location: St Louis
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2014-07-29
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2014-09-06
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-06-27

Credit NPS
Location: My brother's garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-18
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-17
Crocosmia x cocosmiiflora (Lemoine)
Location: My brother's garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-18
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-23
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-07-22

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