Crocosmia
Montbretia
Coveted by florists, these brightly colored flowers unfold along the length of tall arching spikes, which emerge from handsome clumps of sword-like foliage. If given well-drained soil and divided every 2 to 3 years, this fountain-shaped plant will continue to pour spectacular color into your garden for a long, long time.
Introduced by British plantsman Terry Jones in the 1990s, this medium-sized Crocosmia sprouts smooth sword-style dark forest greenery beneath fervid-hued flowers. Deep olive and chocolate-tinted stems lift sprays of outward-facing, vibrant reddish scarlet blossoms, each with a sunny yellow eye centering widely-spaced, somewhat recurving petals. Yellow-blooming Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Viette's Little Suzy’ and the dark purple-infused foliage of Aster ‘Black Bete’ enhance ‘Zeal Tan’s bright floral display.
Blooms August– October
Size: 18" – 2' 0" high x 18" wide.
Hardy to zone 6.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Crocosmia ‘Burnt Umber’
- Crocosmia ‘Carmine Brilliant’
- Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Columbus’
- Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Honey Angels’
- Crocosmia ‘Eastern Promise’
- Crocosmia ‘Emberglow’
- Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’
- Crocosmia ‘Fire King’
- Crocosmia ‘Harlequin’
- Crocosmia ‘John Boots’
- Crocosmia ‘Lady Hamilton’
- Crocosmia ‘Limpopo’
- Crocosmia ‘Little Redhead’
- Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
- Crocosmia ‘Météore’
- Crocosmia ‘Mistral’
- Crocosmia ‘Okavango’
- Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’
- Crocosmia ‘Red King’
- Crocosmia ‘Solfaterre’
- Crocosmia ‘Star of the East’
- Crocosmia ‘Voyager’
- Crocosmia ‘Walberton Orange’
- Crocosmia ‘Walberton Yellow’