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Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
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Common name:
crib-y-ceiliog, montbretia 'Lucifer'
Family:
Iridaceae
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber) • Geoffyt (bwlb, cormau neu cloronen)
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Crocosmia (kroh-KOZ-mee-uh): Saffron-scented.
Dyfarniadau / Awards:
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Description:
A cormous, herbaceous perennial with a robust and very upright growing habit up to 1.6m tall when in flower. It has mid-green, pleated blade-like leaves and arching deep red flower stems bearing glowing orange, tubular flowers that have a paler orange throat, from mid to late summer. It is an impactful and reliable flowerer that can grow in shade or dry conditions.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 08
(BOU08)
• Accession: 2000-0710 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 01c
(BW01C)
• Accession: 2000-0710 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 02
(BW02)
• Accession: 2000-0710 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
4:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 03
(BW03)
• Accession: 2000-0710 (2) • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
5:
IWGC22-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 22/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 22
(IWGC22)
• Accession: 2000-0710 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
6:
IWGD18-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant D Bed 18/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant D Gwely 18
(IWGD18)
• Accession: 2000-0710 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual