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Crocosmia Emily McKenzie

Common name: Montbretia

Perhaps time to brighten your garden with the vibrant blooms of Emily McKenzie Crocosmia.

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Corms
10 for £13.00
just £1.30 each
20 for £15.00
just £0.75 each
30 for £24.00
just £0.80 each
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Fiery wands of vivacious colour Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’ brings elegant, pleated, sword-like foliage to your garden lending elegant and intriguing spiked mounds from March through to October each year. Then, from June to August, bright and bountiful blooms in striking orange and red appear on arching, graceful darker stems for an intense and fiery jolt of colour. Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’ will reach a height of 60cm, with individual corms having a spread of 20cm. Corms are best, however, planted ‘en masse’ to form fantastic clumps of colour in borders and containers. These vigorous clumps may need dividing every 3 years or so, which means more plants for you or your fellow gardeners to enjoy. Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’, and other similar strains, are related to plants from the South African grasslands and are beneficially drought tolerant once established. They are hardy perennials which prefer a site in well-drained soil which
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Key Information
Latin Name Crocosmia Emily McKenzie 8/10cm bulb
Common Name Montbretia
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Orange
Type Perennial
Format Corms
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.60
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.20
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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