Details
- Flowering Time
- July
- August
- September
- October
- Planting Time
- March
- April
- May
- Growing
- Hardy
- Perennial
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Perfect For
- Naturalising
- Flowering Height
- 50-70 cm
- Bulb Size
- 6/+ cm
- Colour
- Blacks & Deep Shades
- Oranges & Yellows
Crocosmia Emily McKenzie
M6162
Description
Discovered growing in a garden in the Tyne Valley in the 1950s, Crocosmia ‘Emily Mckenzie’ has since become a firm favourite.
With sprays of showy, star-shaped flowers dancing from arching stems, this variety provides height, movement, and colour for your late summer and autumn display. Unfurling from clusters of node-like buds, each vibrant petal is rusty orange with a dark mahogany throat.
‘Emily Mackenzie’ is a compact variety – easier to contain than some of its cousins – and the wiry stems are self-supporting. This Crocosmia is long-lasting in the garden and as a cut flower, where it can last up to two weeks in the vase.
Care Guide
Select a sunny spot with well-drained, humus-rich soil. Plant corms 10cm deep, spaced 15cm apart in the soil.
Provide regular watering, ensuring the soil remains consistently moist.
From a bed of sword-shaped foliage, slender stems of fiery-blooms emerge, rising to heights of 50-90cm depending on the variety, from July to October.
Left undisturbed, corms will multiply easily below ground. Divide clumps every 3 years.
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