George Davidson Crocosmia

Sunny golden-yellow lily-like flowers, the George Davidson Crocosmia (Crocosmia x 'George Davidson') is a prolific flowering perennial corm that features upright clumps of dark-green foliage for a summer-long exotic display!

Readily spreading and naturalizing, the narrow leaves reach a good-sized 3 feet in height and form thick clumps that bloom just as the summer heat kicks in! Attracting pollinators, these tall sprays of flowers feature pale orange buds that burst open into buttery-yellow flowers! 

Dreamy rays of sunshine among other sunny gardens or containers, Crocosmia’s sword-like, narrow foliage really stands out even when not in bloom. A unique backdrop for other perennials these can easily be interspersed among other plants without taking up space.

Featuring many buds that open from bottom to top, much like a spray of Gladiolas or Freesia, you’ll enjoy weeks of color in perennial borders! Widely grown as a cut flower, these are long-lasting thrillers for the vase and in the landscape!

Also known as Montbretia, these natives of South Africa form clumps of long, grassy leaves that also add vertical texture to the landscape. Spreading and multiplying into large clumps, you’ll soon fill your garden with bold color. Tolerant and resistant, these are hardy plants that thrive despite anything the environment can throw at them!

How to Use George Davidson Crocosmia In The Landscape

Plant in rows and drifts for incredible swaths of color all summer! These spreading, colony-forming perennials fill an area with curious beauty! These are also ideal plants for those hard-to-mow slopes and steep banks where they can spread to their heart’s delight! Thriving on lower moisture once established, you’ll enjoy bold color and lush foliage instead of a steep incline that’s potentially dangerous to maintain!

As a vertical thriller among Perennial and Summer Bulb plants, as well as containers and planters, the bright color combination lights up your garden! Plant on porches and balconies, any sunny location with good drainage is lovely for these unusual plants! You can use these to create summer-long privacy around patios and seating areas for screening where the bright color and tropical feel is a boost for any style garden!

Plant with Allium or Daylily or among tall summer ornamental grasses and evergreens for a fantastic mixture of textures! As tall accents and focal points, the sword-like, dark foliage creates a unique texture that stands out among other similar plants like Canna, Red Hot Poker Plants and bold Cardinal Flowers. 

Showy and perfect among Perennial beds for an injection of color! They’re sure to stand out as specimens and focal points anywhere they grow! Drawing butterflies and hummingbirds, these exotic blooms are perfectly at home throughout your Pollinator gardens, where the summer-long flowers provide nectar!

The tall, graceful flowers are naturals for enlivening bouquets and floral arrangements. So be sure to include this plant among your Cottage and Cutting gardens! Long after the blooms fade, the fantastic upright foliage provides a wonderful backdrop for your late summer and fall-blooming flowers, plus vertical accents on their own!

#ProPlantTips For Care

These are full sun plants in the cooler climates of USDA growing zones 6-9, Crocosmia benefit from some afternoon partial shade in the hotter zones. Those in colder climates can treat these bulbs as they do Dahlia, digging them up and storing them for the winter, or treating these as annual accents!

Requiring low moisture once established, they tolerate drought very well. Be sure to provide consistent moisture while establishing and then moderate moisture to keep your plants looking their best through the heat.

Tolerating a wide range of soil types, these can endure clay, loam and sandy sites so long as they are in well-drained soil with added fertility. Tolerant of salt, coastal environments will find no issues with these fantastic blooms!

Deadhead your plants once the flowers are done for the year, but allow the foliage to remain and make food for the corm until fall. The foliage should be pruned back in late autumn after dying back to the ground.

With no issues with heat or humidity, these low-maintenance corms tolerate a wide range of conditions and are very drought tolerant and deer resistant, even the rabbits seem to leave them alone!

George Davidson Crocosmia is a fantastic flower that will fill your garden with vibrant, exotic beauty and your vases with tall sprays of blooms! Order your own today at NatureHills.com!