Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clusters of bright red Crocosmia flowers - Tonybaggett/Getty Images Crocosmia (also known by its common name, montbretia) is a ...

South Africa is a long way away, but you don’t have to spend days on a plane to enjoy one of its finest flowers. Just plant some crocosmia in your own garden. An heirloom Southern passalong often seen ...

GARDENS BEGIN to flag this time of year, and by the dog days of summer most are looking past their prime. But not if you’ve planted plenty of spiky, bright-flowered crocosmia to perk up the scene.

M.B.: Your overly enthusiastic crocosmia can be divided now during the autumn or you can wait until new shoots appear in the spring. This late-summer blooming perennial may spread like sin, (perhaps ...

It won't be long before your local garden center starts stocking the shelves with spring bulbs. That doesn't mean there aren't bulbs that flourish in the fall season, and one of the most popular ...

IT ISN’T SURPRISING that so many Crocosmia have diabolical names. These hardy iris relatives from South Africa are devilishly attractive perennials, featuring spiky leaves and brilliantly colored ...

If you want to add a classy, colorful statement to your garden, consider adding some crocosmias. The flowering plants come in an array of colors in the yellow-orange-red side of the color wheel. They ...

Crocosmia, commonly called Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora), are perennial flowering corms that are so ubiquitous and so easily established that they may be mistaken for a native wildflower. If ...

Grown in a pot or with plenty of space in a bed, these blade-leafed corms will add hot reds and oranges to your planting schemes As regular readers of this column may have noticed, I am no taxonomist.