Crocosmia Lucifer Common Names
- Crocosmia is also known as Montbreitia
Crocosmia Lucifer Shape & Size
- Final Height: 90-120cm
- Final Spread: 60cm
- Growth: Vigorous. Fast Growth Rate
- Crocosmia Lucifer bulbs will divide & multiply in the ground each year creating dense clumps of foliage. It is important to lift & divide these clumps every 3 years to ensure healthy plants & good flowering
- Crocosmia can become invasive
- Type: Herbaceous perennial
- Habit: Clump forming, bushy perennial
Crocosmia Lucifer Features
- Foliage: Long, strap – like foliage, approx. 40cm in length
- Upright & arching foliage
- Colour: Light Green
Crocosmia Lucifer Flowers
- Dozens of deep red blooms develop along tall, erect stems
- Flowering period: From July to October
Crocosmia Location
- Uses: Popular choice in herbaceous borders, along walls & fencing
- Also suited to rose gardens or when planted with bold foliage plants for contrast in leaf shape
- Aspect: Sun or Partial Shade
- Soil: Damp or moist soils. High in fertility and organic matter or humus
- pH: Neutral, Acid or Alkaline
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Companion Plants: Plant with plants with bold foliage such as Fatsia Japonica, Hosta, gunnera, ornamental cabbage or Alchemilla Mollis
Crocosmia Information
- When you divide the clumps you can replant the corns or bulbs to create new clumps of crocosmia.
- Ideal spacing is 60cm.
- Other than dividing, these plants are low maintenance & easy to grow. They offer a good display of colour all summer long.
- They are generally pest free also
- Crocosmia is also available in yellow with varieties such as ‘Warburton’s Yellow’ and in orange with ‘Severn Sunrise’
- Plants are often bought as bulbs or ‘corms’ which is a low cost way to grow them
- Suitable in cut flower gardening
- When flowers die back, leave foliage to die back also as this process see the return of the plant’s nutrients down into the plant’s root / corms