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A beautiful addition to a garden, creating a focal point of bright colour and good height. While Crocosmia does spread, it is not rampan...Read More
Given a few plants. They spread alarmingly, and it took several years to eradicate them. Highly invasive.
I love this one. here in Austria it is very exotic and not very invasive, because of the cold and long winters. It blooms very impressive
I haven't found this to be invasive or very aggressive here in Boston Z6a. I have found spider mites to be a problem, especially if these...Read More
I love crocosmia montebretia HOWEVER do not plant it where you do not want an invasive (growing hulk of bulbs in a super massive clump(S)...Read More
I inherited many wonderful plants from the previous owner of my house - this was not one of them. I have been trying to get rid of them ...Read More
Crocosmia Monbretia is very invasive and if not split and thinned out will not flower well. Other cultivars like Lucifer and Emily Macen...Read More
The common cultivar was extremely invasive in my Houston-area garden. And, when crowded does not bloom well. The golden-yellow cultivar...Read More
Grown it for years in coastal Carolina & it spreads like crazy. Looks good w/ the dark red leaves of Perilla. The last two years it has...Read More
These plants are beautiful but, THEY CAN BE VERY INVASIVE, they take over in the ground, suffocate things in pots. They are hard to ge...Read More
Have grown several colors for 4 years and they transplanted well from our old home to a new one. This garden overlooks a river view and ...Read More
I have several crocosmias and noticed that a member was asking for suggestions of companions to plant with it to tone down the brightness...Read More
All of the positives I've read here about this plant are correct. ..Personally, I haven't had a problem with it being invasive, though I ...Read More
Brilliant flowers for the late summer garden. Try to plant something supportive in front of it as it does get top heavy and flop. The f...Read More
I planted some bulbs last winter here in central Arizona. The leaves spouted, eventually turned brown and died without producing any flo...Read More
I have been growing the orange variety of this plant for five years in central Mississippi (Zone 7a). I have divided it twice. It does ...Read More
This will naturalize in Seattle, and hold its own even if planted in fairly weedy areas, but its not really that invasive here.
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I have 'Lucifer' and it is a Beautiful plant and it also winters well in my area in western NY (zone 6). Not invasive here either. The h...Read More
I planted one (lucifer) in my zone 5b Ontario garden about eight years ago. It has spread nicely but I wouldn't consider it invasive. D...Read More
In spite of the "do not over water", mine are growing in standing water. They do flop down easily, but the flowers are worth having.
I planted my bulbs three years before they bloomed - I realized when I purchased them that my area may be too cold, but after a very mil...Read More
Montbretia Crocosmiaeflora is known to all today and its reputation no longer has to be made. It is sold in thousands more or less everyw...Read More
The flowers are really nice and will last a long time in a vase. The foliage tends to flop down and you had really better give this plan...Read More
Very pretty, very tropical looking. I haven't noticed a long blooming period even though mine are in part sun.
The foliage...Read More
wonderful plant.... though it is not supposed to be hardy here, I have seen it thrive for many years, not invasive, doesn't even spread r...Read More
I love monbretia, but the gophers also love it and I keep losing all of them each year- It does do well in pots though!!
Lovely flowers, however, it appears that the planting depth is very important. My mother had planted some, which have multiplied greatly...Read More
I babied these along, thinking they were marginally hardy to my zone 4-5 garden. I give them away every fall now when I must divide them ...Read More
I have grown this plant now for about 3 years, I really enjoy it because of the bright red color. The spearlike foliage adds a wonderful ...Read More
We saw some outstanding examples of Montbretia in a garden in the Leelanau Peninsula of northwest lower Michigan. The foliage was at lea...Read More
Time to subdivide this entry into cultivars there are dozens of named crocosmias. Most of the pictures are of 'Lucifer' and some may be m...Read More
This is my favorite plant. The dramatic red blossoms of "Lucifer" attract lots of hummingbirds to our yard. The plant loves the dry, hot...Read More
Goes like wildfire in humid South. Will become so thick it needs thinning out/dividing every couple of years. Blooms over long period of ...Read More
I am about to plant this, but found a site that describes it as a noxious weed.... makes me nervous!
In fall when foliage begins to brown, cut down to ground. In spring (or a few months later in southern CA) they will expand their radius...Read More
In heavy clay soil they increase but not invasively. The older the bulb, the more flower stalks grow.
In warm and damp climates, it can be invasive. It has vertical iris-like foilage with many arching stems bearing scarlet red flowers, whi...Read More