Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
(Montbretia 'Lucifer')
Family - Iridaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Alan Bloom, Blooms of Bressingham
Year of Introduction - 1966
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 1.2m
Width - 15cm
Location - The East Border, The House Border, The Terrace
Description: A Cormous Perennial with an upright habit. Long, pleated linear to sword-shaped leaves are a bright shade of mid-green. Trumpet-shaped flowers are bright, vivid red. Each Bloom has a golden yellow throat. The flowers are held in branching and arching spikes and are produced from mid to late summer. The flowers are followed by attractive green seedheads. Excellent for use as cut flowers.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Upward-facing, trumpet-shaped flowers are brilliant red with yellow throats. The flowers are held in spikes on arching stems and are produced in July and August. The flowers are followed by attractive green seedheads. 'Lucifer' is one of the earliest flowering Crocosmias.
Flower colour: Red, yellow
Flower shape: Trumpet-shaped flowers in spikes
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Long slender, bright mid-green leaves are linear to sword-shaped and pleated. The leaves are produced from Corms and are held at the base of the stems. The flowering stems are deep red.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to linear
Propagation:
Division in the autumn.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.