Crocosmia
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora
Wants dividing every few years; beyond that, sun and a drink in a dry spell cover it.
Light Full sun gives the best flowers.
Water Water through dry spells while it is growing and flowering.
Height 80 cm
Spread 11.8 in
Spacing 30 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 11.8 in
- In-row spacing
- 11.8 in
- Between rows
- 15 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Flower · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun gives the best flowers.
- Watering
- Water through dry spells while it is growing and flowering.
- Feeding
- A compost mulch in spring is usually all it wants.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- July
- Pruning
- Let the foliage die back on its own; divide the clump every three or four years.
Through the year
- Apr–Jul Spring Growth
- Jul–Sep Flowering
- Sep–Nov Growing
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Apr Leaf Fall
Companions
Grasses, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Verbena
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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