Crocosmia 'Emberglow'
(Montbretia 'Emberglow')
Family - Iridaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Blooms of Bressingham
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H4
Height - 75cm
Width - 10cm
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A Cormous Perennial with an upright habit. Long, pleated linear to sword-shaped leaves are a bright shade of mid-green. Funnel-shaped flowers are a vivid shade of scarlet, each Bloom has a yellow throat. The Blooms are produced in abundance in graceful, arching spikes from mid to late summer. Excellent for use as cut flowers.
C. 'Emberglow' is a seedling of C. pottsii x C. paniculata, and was selected by Blooms of Bressingham.
Flower:
Scarlet funnel-shaped flowers have yellow throats. The flowers are held in arching spikes and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: Red
Flower shape: Funnel-shaped flowers held in spikes
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Bright mid-green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape and pleated. The leaves are produced from Corms and held at the base of the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to linear
Propagation:
Division in autumn.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.