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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[ | 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 11:35, 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 Montbretia
Montbretia growing on the side of the Te Henui Stream
Montbretia dominating the ground cover
Growing cormes.
Sprouting seeds and old cormes.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
