Family: Iridaceae
Common Name: George Davidson Crocosmia, Yellow Montbretia
Description | A yellow blooming Crocosmia |
Pronunciation | (kroh-KOZ-mee-uh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
Hardiness Zone | (6)7 |
Sunlight | full, part shade |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist, well drained |
Temperature | winter hardiness -10 to 0 degrees F |
Flowers | orange yellow flowers, 8-10 per 3-4 feet branch, one of the earlier blooming |
Leaves | leaves and stem rather flat, coarse |
Stems | corms are persistent and may form chains |
Dimensions | 2-3 feet |
Maintenance | corms can be dug and stored like glads, don't let them dry out, plant corms 3-4 inches deep |
Propagation | division of corms |
Cultivar Origin | Breed and named after George Davidison head gardener at Westwick Hall in Norfolk, UK. Date was pre-1901. |
Notes & Reference | #129-Crocosmia and Chasmanthe (Peter Goldbatt, John Manning, Gary Dunlop), San Marcos Growers www.smgrowers.com) |
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