Melinda Myers

Crocosmia

Botanical Name

Crocosmia

Min Zone

5

Max Zone

9

Height

1.5 to 4 feet

Width

1 to 2 feet

Flowers

Mid to late summer: orange, orange-red, red

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Plant corms in spring
• Plant corms 5" deep
• Space corms 6-8" apart
• Not reliably winter hardy in Zone 5 and maybe Zone 6
• Provide winter mulch or lift corms in fall to store indoors for winter
• Store corms in peat or vermiculite at 35-40°
• Propagate by digging and dividing and removing the offset corms

Problems

Spider mites

Varieties

• Lucifer - reported as the most hardy of crocosmia, scarlet red flowers, 3'