Our Plant Of The Week this week is the Crocosmia.
The plants in these photographs are in Ken's front garden. They have been there for about 4 years, so have survived a couple of very harsh winters.
Crocosmias are members of the iris family and are also related to gladiolas.
They produce clumps of green sword-shaped leaves (rather like irises) and in mid to late summer, tall, arching spikes of funnel-shaped blossoms appear. Several named varieties are now available, in a range of hot colours.
They make great cut flowers. Clumps should be divided every three years, in spring.
