크로코스미아 '루시퍼'-[정명] Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

과명	Iridaceae (붓꽃과)	속명	Crocosmia (애기범부채속)
전체학명	[정명] Crocosmia 'Lucifer'	추천명	크로코스미아 '루시퍼'
		영문명	montbretia 'Lucifer'

Common Name: montbretia 

Type: Bulb

Family: Iridaceae

Zone: 5 to 9

Height: 2.00 to 4.00 feet

Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet

Bloom Time: June to August

Bloom Description: Scarlet red

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium

Maintenance: Medium

Suggested Use: Annual

Flower: Showy, Good Cut

Culture

Grow in medium moisture, moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers full sun, but appreciates part shade in hot summer climates. Plant corms in spring after last frost date approximately 3-4” deep and 6” apart. Not reliably winter hardy in USDA Zone 5 where it needs a protected location and winter mulch. In order to insure winter survival in USDA Zone 5 and perhaps Zone 6A, digging up the corms in fall and storing them in a dry medium over winter (in somewhat the same manner as gladiolus) is an option that may be considered.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Crocosmia is a genus of about 7 species of cormous plants from grasslands in South Africa. They are good fresh cut flowers which are frequently used in commercial flower arrangements.

Genus name comes from the Greek words krokos meaning saffron and osme meaning a smell for the smell of dried flowers steeped in warm water.

'Lucifer' is an Alan Bloom hybrid (Crocosmia x Curtonus) which has flowers and foliage that are similar to gladiolus. A clump-forming plant that features tubular, nodding, scarlet red, one-sided flowers borne along the upper portions of stiffly arching, sometimes branched, flower scapes (stems) typically rising up to 3' (infrequently to 4') tall and slightly above the narrow, sword-shaped, basal leaves.

Crocosmia 'Lucifer' - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

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