Edisteve

By edisteve

Name confusion

Blipped this plant on this morning's walk in the park.

As a kid, I remember it being grown and flowering beautifully every year, and it being called ‘Mombretia’, however, nowadays, people seem to call it ‘Monbretia’ or ‘Crocosmia’. So I have done some further investigation with Dr. Google and I found this:

Crocosmia and montbretia are the same plant, which also goes by the name coppertip in the USA. Some gardeners choose to refer to the popular garden varieties such as 'Lucifer' as as crocosmia, and the invasive species Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora as montbretia.

It is native to the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Sudan. One species is endemic to Madagascar.

Anyway, it’s a nice cheerful summer flower to brighten up yet another grey afternoon. 

Have a good day all. 

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