An award-winning, most widely grown South African cultivar puts even the most spectacular of red coneflowers into a corner. Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ features erect pleated leaves and wands of brilliant fiery scarlet red tubular flowers. This perennial easily blooms from mid to late summer, driving hummingbirds literally crazy.
This stunning plant grows to 4 feet tall and about 2 feet wide with its bladed foliage resembling sword-lilies. It can grow in full sun or part shade and it requires moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Once established in Okanagan or Shuswap gardens, it is extremely drought tolerant but can also handle cold winters.
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ is often spotted in established gardens where it flourishes in flower beds and herbaceous borders complementing other flowering plants. Planting crocosmia is a great way to add tropical colour to any garden in late summer, once the spring bloomers have come and gone.
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ makes for outstanding cut flowers. Clumps should be divided every three years, in spring. In colder regions, the corms can be stored like gladioli, wintered in pots, or mulched heavily outdoors.
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