Family: Iridaceae
Common Name: Brighteyes Crocosmia, Bright Eyes Montbretia
Description | A Crocosmia with yellow-orange trumpet flowers with deep red eyes. |
Pronunciation | (kroh-KOZ-mee-uh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
Hardiness Zone | 6-9 |
Sunlight | full, part shade |
Moisture | average, moist |
Temperature | can be grown in zone #5 if lifted and stored in doors like glads |
Flowers | yellow-orange trumpet flowers with deep red eyes, flowers on an horizontal inflorescence, grow across from each flower |
Leaves | rather flat, coarse |
Stems | corms, corms are persistent and may form chains, |
Dimensions | 18-24 inches |
Maintenance | corms can be dug and stored like glads, don't let them dry out, plant corms 3-4 inches deep |
Propagation | division of the corms |
Cultivar Origin | Bred by English plant breeder David Tristram of Walberton Nursery, UK. |
Notes & Reference | #129-Crocosmia and Chasmanthe (Peter Goldbatt, John Manning, Gary Dunlop) |
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