#montbretia

[nordicsublime]

Montbretia

[mothmiso]

Azores - Faial (2) (3) (4) by Neil King

[angiec333]

Crocosmia (Montbretia) 'Peach Sunrise'

ADC Images

[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

[nobeerreviews]

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words.

-- Lydia M. Child

[centresoul]

I found these flowers in the garden today 🏵️

[moulin-girault]

Crocosmias et glaïeuls

[flowerishness]

Crocosmia x Curtonus  (montbretia: Alan Bloom hybrid “Lucifer)

Lucifer

Alan Bloom (1906 -2005) was a famous British horticulturalist and over his long and productive life he developed over 170 hardy perennial cultivars, including the montbretia variety, “Lucifer”. 

There are seven species of montbretia, all native to Southern Africa, and they’ve been grown in European gardens since the 19th century. The genus name is derived from the Greek words krokos, meaning "saffron" and most montbretias were traditionally orange in color. When Alan Bloom introduced his scarlet red cultivar ‘Lucifer” in 1966, it took the gardening world by storm. We have an old-fashioned orange montbretia but I would think that 90% of the montbretias I see growing locally are our little friend, “Lucifer”.

[dansnaturepictures]

Hemp agrimony and montbretia in Winchester and Lesser Hornet hoverfly on hogweed at Lakeside today.

[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

[floweralleyblog-blog]

Lucifer is a Favorite

I look forward to these fire-engine-red blooms every June. Everything about this plant is beautiful, its straight bright green leaves, its yellow and red buds and its red blooms opening in a triangular pattern. This Crocosmia/ Montbretia/Lucifer is scattered throughout my gardens. The deer ignore every part of this plant. Oh, happy day! This is the easiest plant in my yard. It may need support…

[nordicsublime]

[mothmiso]

Leeds Liverpool Canal (2) (3) (4) (5) by Alex McLachlan

[drhoz]

The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Athenree Gorge

From Auckland @purrdence drove us SE towards Taupo, where we would be staying for a few days. One stop on the way was a steep-sided gorge that nicely demonstrated how steep, damp, and green much of New Zealand was going to be.

There were also, unfortunately, a lot of weeds growing next to the road as well, although insects were going berserk for the flowerheads of the Wild Carrot. See the upcoming posts for some of them.

[starker-sorbet]

⚘ Montbretia ⚘ - symbolizes love and deepest emotions

“A good, true, intense love is not complete without madness.”

Lovers Peter and Tony falling into the dark together as their love consumes and corrupts them. Turning the two heroes into villains the like of which the world has never seen

[sakurabreeze]

Julia Whitney Barnes Cyanotype painting (peonies, hibiscus, daisies, montbretia, etc.), 2021