Common name:
Montbretia
Family:
Scientific name:
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Main flower color:
Range:
Lowland regions across the British Isles; a naturalised garden escape
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, hedges, verges, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Orange, funnel-shaped, with a narrow, tubular corolla opening to six spreading lobes, about equal in length to the corolla tube. Up to 5 cm across. Flowers are produced in an elongated cluster, and are arranged alternately
Leaves:
Long (up to 30 cm), narrow, linear, upwards-pointing, in a cluster at the base of the hairless stem
Season:
August to
Rarity:
★★★★★
