Phil Bendle Collection:Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora (Montbretia): Difference between revisions

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Montbretia is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii two plants of the genus Crocosmia and was first bred by Victor Lemoine in 1880.  It is a plant with soft sword-shaped leaves and grows from perennial corms. It has attractive bright red-orange flowers in summer. The fruit turn yellow-orange.  Montbretia reproduces from corms that are often spread in garden rubbish. It often forms large colonies along roadsides and streams.
Montbretia is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii two plants of the genus Crocosmia and was first bred by Victor Lemoine in 1880.  It is a plant with soft sword-shaped leaves and grows from perennial corms. It has attractive bright red-orange flowers in summer. The fruit turn yellow-orange.  Montbretia reproduces from corms that are often spread in garden rubbish. It often forms large colonies along roadsides and streams.


A bank covered in Montbretia[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0001/9109/Crocosmia_%C3%97_crocosmiiflora__Montbretia-1.JPG]
A bank covered in Montbretia[[File:Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora Montbretia-1.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]


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Montbretia growing on the side of the Te Henui Stream<br />
Montbretia growing on the side of the Te Henui Stream<br />
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Montbretia dominating the ground cover<br />
Montbretia dominating the ground cover<br />
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Growing cormes.<br />
Growing cormes.<br />
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Sprouting seeds and old cormes.<br />
Sprouting seeds and old cormes.<br />
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/





Latest revision as of 12:35, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Ixioideae
Tribe: Ixieae
Genus: Crocosmia
Species: C. × crocosmiiflora
Binomial name: Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora
Common name: Montbretia

Montbretia is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii two plants of the genus Crocosmia and was first bred by Victor Lemoine in 1880.  It is a plant with soft sword-shaped leaves and grows from perennial corms. It has attractive bright red-orange flowers in summer. The fruit turn yellow-orange.  Montbretia reproduces from corms that are often spread in garden rubbish. It often forms large colonies along roadsides and streams.

A bank covered in MontbretiaCrocosmia × crocosmiiflora Montbretia-1.JPG

Crocosmia xcrocosmiiflora Montbretia-5.JPG

Montbretia growing on the side of the Te Henui Stream
Crocosmia xcrocosmiiflora Montbretia.JPG

1-Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora Montbretia .JPG

Crocosmia xcrocosmiiflora Montbretia-1.JPG

Montbretia dominating the ground cover
1-Montbretia-003.JPG

Growing cormes.
1-corms growing in wetalnd.JPG

Sprouting seeds and old cormes.
1-Montbretia.JPG

Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/