Crocosmia 'Hellfire'
Family - Iridaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 1.2m
Width - 15cm
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A Cormous Perennial with an upright habit and tall stems. Long, pleated, linear to sword-shaped leaves are mid-green. Velvety, rich red trumpet-shaped flowers have reflexed petals. The flowers are held in arching, branched spikes with dark stems and are produced from mid to late summer. Good for use as cut flowers.
Flower:
Deep red flowers are trumpet-shaped and have reflexed petals. The blooms are held in arching, branched spikes atop dark stems and are produced in July and August. The flowers are outward-facing and larger than those of C. 'Lucifer'
Flower colour: Red
Flower shape: Trumpet-shaped flowers held in spikes
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Long, slender mid-green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are produced from Corms and are held at the base of the stems. The flowering stems are dark purple with hints of green.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to linear
Propagation:
Division in autumn.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.