Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Star of the East'

montbretia

size: 2 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£7.99

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• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: moderately fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
• Flowering period: August and September
• Flower colour: clear orange
• Other features: excellent cut-flowers
• Hardiness: frost hardy
  
  Self-supporting sprays of clear-orange, funnel-shaped flowers with a distinctive, pale orange centre in August and September and sword-like, mid-green leaves. Unlike perennials of similar height these marvellous, orange montbretia do not need staking. Perfect for a 'hot' planting scheme, they work best planted in bold drifts in a sunny, protected site.
  
  
• Garden care: Resist removing the faded foliage in autumn and cover the crown of the plant with bracken or bark chips to protect the plant against frost damage. Lift and divide congested colonies in spring, planting the divided sections 8-10cm (3-4in) deep.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.7m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.08m
  Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Star of the East' - montbretia Large apricot coloured flowers