Solfatare montbretia
Crocosmia crocosmiiflora 'Solfatare'
RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pale apricot-yellow
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Solfatare' montbretia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora 'Solfatare') is a bulb for borders, containers, and low maintenance beds. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Lemoine bred it. Pale apricot-yellow flowers open in summer and again in autumn, and they draw butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Shenandoah switchgrass, Black-eyed Susan, and Fountain grass.