#crocosmia crocosmiiflora

[raccaryusui]

住宅の一角にあった花壇で咲いていた、

「ヒメヒオウギズイセン(姫檜扇水仙)」の

鮮やかなオレンジ色の花。

欧文名：Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

a temperate summer following a very wet winter in an ecosystem recovering from recent fires - the results are spectacular.

[ayanos-pl]

今頃、ヒメヒオウギズイセンが咲いている。例年なら7月に咲くのだが（10月29日）

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia, is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii

[drumlincountry]

It's infinite free flower season ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ

This sexy evil lady is called Montbretia and she is an invasive species* in Ireland and Britain**!

She's a horticultural hybrid species (Montbretia - Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) developed in South Africa. She escaped from gardens she was planted in and can now be seen in hedgerows and streams and woodlands and even on coastal dunes!

This is BAD NEWS because she outcompetes more ecologically integrated species (I don't like the native/nonnative dichotomy), including endangered plants found in woodland underflora.

But the GOOD NEWS is INFINITE FREE FLOWER SEASON!

You can do your part to limit the damage caused by Montbretia by pulling it up by the root any time you see it! To help even more you can dig up AND DESTROY*** the corms (which are like bulbs) and report sightings to invasives.ie or biodiversityireland.ie (ROI) or irecord.org.uk/app (UK).

It will take you Many Years to get all the corms in your local montbretia patch, so in the mean time - infinite free flowers! All autumn ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ

More info: https://invasivespeciesireland.com/species-accounts/established/terrestrial/montbretia

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*I HATE HATE HATE the language we use for 'invasive' and 'non-native' species, in these times of increasing fascism. This is a plant which is not a good neighbour. It doesn't provide food to many animals in the local ecosystem and it is overly competitive, crowding out other plants trying to live in the same place. They can also make river banks collapse with the weight of their corms (mar dhea), which can damage fragile aquatic ecosystems. It is moderately damaging to the ecosystems of Britain and ireland. For other sources of infinite free flowers, check out: rhododendron, Himalayan balsam.

**Other places too probably but i'm staying in my lane. Pls do make up for the gaps in my knowledge if its infinite free flower season in your neck of the woods too!

*** this is so crucial. You have to destroy the corms. Don't put them in your compost heap or landfill bin. Crush them. Let the pieces dry out completely. Throw them in a fire if you can. Montbretia is VERY GOOD AT SPREADING, that's the main problem lol

[konjaku]

姫檜扇水仙[Himehiougizuisen] Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

姫[Hime] : Princess; small and adorable person

檜扇[Hiougi] : Iris domestica

水仙[-zuisen|Suisen] : Narcissus

Montbretia. It was introduced as an ornamental plant in the Meiji period(1868-1912.) It is feral in many areas today.

[drhoz]

#1941 - Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora - Garden Montbretia

Photo by @purrdence at Lake Mangamahoe, NZ. 

From the Greek krokos, meaning "saffron", and osme, meaning "odor" –  the dried leaves emitting a strong smell like that of saffron (another genus in the Iridaceae) – when immersed in hot water.  Montebretia is a heterotypic synonym of the genus Tritonia in which some species of Crocosmia used to be included. In the British Isles the common name Montebretia for orange-flowered cultivars that have aggressively naturalised, while "crocosmia" is reserved for less aggressive red-flowered cultivars.

A garden hybrid of Crocosmia aurea and Crocosmia pottsii, both of which originated from South Africa, first bred in 1880 in France by Victor Lemoine, and now an invasive weed in the UK, California, Australia and New Zealand. The weed grows in all states of Australia bar the Northern Territory, most often close to highly populated city and coastal areas where garden waste was illegally dumped. It is of particular concern in the Manly and Blue Mountains areas near Sydney. but is present at various locations along the eastern coast, the Tablelands regions and on Lord Howe Island. 

Montbretia grows in dense clumps and is capable of adapting to a variety of conditions (hybrid vigour is a sod), out-competing native plants, particularly in native bushland and riparian areas, causing creek bank erosion and sedimentation where it changes water flow.

Montbretia can sometimes still be found for sale at local fetes, nurseries and markets but mostly spreads from underground runners and bulbs. Each plant can produce over a dozen new bulbs each year, which break off from the parent plant and begin to produce their own root network. 

[life-around-me-yura15cbx]

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia, is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii, first bred in 1880 in France by Victor Lemoine. The name "montbretia" is often found in horticultural literature.

Crocosmia pottsii, Potts' montbretia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to KwaZulu-Natal and the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa, and introduced in Colombia. With Crocosmia aurea it is a parent of the widely cultivated Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (the montbretia).[Crocosmia aurea, common names falling stars, Valentine flower, or montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae.

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[maoyeamh]

[raccaryusui]

オレンジ色が美しい、ヒメヒオウギズイセン(姫檜扇水仙)の花。

別名:モントブレチア、クロコスミア。

欧文名:Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

Look up, look down. (Alnus rubra and Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora and some other green friends. I think our little yellow spotted friend may be Diabrotica undecimpunctata, but I am even worse with bugs than plants, so if a generous entomologist wants to ID I'd love that.).

[ayanos-pl]

川辺のヒメヒオウギズイセン（6月26日）

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia

[unkn0wnvariable]

Crocosmia Flowers by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: The bright red flowers of crocosmia lucifer, soaking up the morning sunlight.

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家の庭（ヒメヒオウギスイセン）

[jasmine7031]

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora（ヒメヒオウギスイセン）@ my garden

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 14 September 2021

These Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'George Davison' (montbretia) looked great in this border mixed with ornamental grasses. This cormous perennial has sword-like leaves and arching spikes of rich amber-yellow flowers. They need a sunny, sheltered site with moderately fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil.

Jill Raggett