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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Saracen'
(Montbretia 'Saracen')

Family - Iridaceae
Category - Bulb, perennial
Discovered By - Raised by Philippa Browne, plant breeder
Year of Introduction - 1984
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 70cm
Width - 15cm

Description: A Cormous Perennial with an upright habit. Long, pleated linear to lanceolate leaves are dark green and tinted bronze. Red buds open to bright orange-red, trumpet to star-shaped flowers with yellow centres. The flowers are held in tall spikes and produced from midsummer into early autumn. Good for use as cut flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Red buds open to bright orange-red trumpet to star-shaped flowers with yellow centres. The flowers are held in spikes and produced from July into September.

Flower colour: Red, yellow

Flower shape: Trumpet to star-shaped flowers held in spikes

Flowering time: July, August, September

Foliage:

Long, slender dark green leaves are tinted bronze and linear to lanceolate in shape. The foliage is subtly pleated. The leaves are produced from Corms and held at the base of the stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Linear to lanceolate

Propagation:

Division (separation) of offsets in autumn.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.