Montbretia

Montbretia Care

Crocosmia

What is the plant

One of the best ways to break your garden out of the summer doldrums is to plant colorful summer-blooming bulbs and tubers, such as gladioli and tuberous begonias. Typically planted in the spring, these warm-weather bloomers usually don’t survive cold winters if the bulbs are left in the ground. However, one notable exception is Crocosmia.Despite its tropical origin, this vigorous perennial is hardy down to zone 5 and can stay in the ground year-round in all but the harshest climates, reliably blooming season after season. The lily-like flowers—in blazingly bright shades of red, orange and yellow—light up summer garden beds and borders and are especially irresistible to hummingbirds. Even when Crocosmia are not in bloom, their fountain-shaped clumps of spiky foliage offer contrasting form and vertical interest.

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Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

min 6a

Difficulty

Easy

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Water as needed during the growing season to keep the soil evenly moist, giving your plants about an inch of water weekly.
Pruning
When the leaves die back naturally late in the fall, you can cut them back to an inch or two above ground level.
Fertilizer
Feed after initial planting or in early spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer formulated for bulbs and tubers.

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Sunlight
Grow crocosmia in a bed that receives about six hours of sunlight daily, although the plant can tolerate some afternoon shade.
Soil
Prefers moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil. Avoid planting in heavy clays or soggy sites.
Temperature
Both in pots or in the ground, crocosmia holds to freezing on the condition that the freezing be neither too cold, nor too long.In case of long, harsh winters, you must absolutely protect your crocosmia bulbs.A good layer of mulch is enough if temperatures never drop below 23°F (-5°C).If it gets any colder, though, you’ll have to pull them out and bring them in for cover.