Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora

Garden Crocosmia ( Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora )

The Garden Crocosmia ( Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora ) is a flowering plant in the genus Montbretien ( Crocosmia ) in the family of Iris Family ( Iridaceae ). It is a hybrid of culture resulting in the gold Crocosmia ( Crocosmia aurea ) and the Potts Crocosmia ( Crocosmia pottsii ).

Features

The Garden Crocosmia is a perennial bulbous plant, which reaches stature heights of 30 to 90 centimeters. The stem has 2-3 ribs. 4 to 8 the blades reach a length of 30 to 50 centimeters and a width of 0.8 to 2 in rare cases 3 inches. The Perigonzipfel are not spread wide and 15 to 25 millimeters long. Style and stamens are as long as the Perigonzipfel. The Perigonröhre has a length of 10 to 15 millimeters. The flowers are arranged in two lines of ears and 3-5 page dieting, a lower number of page Dieting is rarely, very rarely absent. They are yellow colored orange to red. The species is common sterile and propagated vegetatively by the formation of daughter tubers.

Blooms from July to October.

Occurrence

Feral occurrence of the Garden Crocosmia are to be found in Portugal, France, Ireland and the UK.

Use

The Garden Crocosmia is used widely as an ornamental plant in borders and perennial beds, as well as a cut flower. It is in culture at least since 1880. There are numerous varieties with red, orange or yellow flowers, at the base of the tepals also stains may be present.

Documents

• Corner Hardt J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.