About
Produces apricot-orange, star-shaped flowers with yellow throats on arching, branched stems from late summer through early autumn.
About the genus
Crocosmia are perennial plants that die back in winter, characterized by their upright, sword-like foliage and branched flower spikes that produce vibrant, funnel-shaped blooms during the summer months.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bulbs, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Deep planting or use of a thick, dry, organic mulch will help plants to overwinter in colder areas. Has the potential to become a nuisance in some gardens if not managed well
- Pruning
- No pruning required, except removal of dead leaves and flower stems in autumn or before new growth starts in spring
- Propagation
- Propagate by division of established clumps in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free