Scientific Name: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Common Name: montbretia
Family Name: Iridaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Spike, Orange, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves iris-like; florets alternate along a floppy spike axis on a raised green peduncle, orange, yellow or red.