CROCOSMIA x crocosmiiflora 'Debutante'
Medium
Sun
Orange
Reasonable soil
Summer
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Description
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Debutante'
Height x Spread: 50cm x 45cm
'Debutante' has upright flower stems bearing soft orange blooms which slowly fade to a salmon-pink, during late summer. This well behaved Crocosmia has a slow growth habit forming small clumps of upright green sword-shaped foliage.
It prefers sunny borders however it will tolerate partial-shade, ideally the soil should be reasonably good and moderately moisture-retentive. This plant will happily grow on banks as well as in containers and your flower beds and borders.
Available for Mail Order from April - September
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