(St. Christopher Lily, Swamplily)

Beautiful with large white fragrant flowers in summer and autumn, swamplily's foliage is elegant and graceful. An evergreen perennial that grows from bulbs, it is native to tropical western Africa. Its long but wide strap-like leaves are lush green and are held in a gentle upright V-shape. The midrib is like a keel on the leaf underside. Intermittently across the warm months, a short flower stalk bears long-tubed flowers that have a five-petaled white flower. Each blossom is usually fragrant of vanilla...

(Moore's Crinum, Natal Lily)

Large lily flowers of white to pink dazzle the eye in spring and summer over the dark green, strappy foliage of the Natal lily. Native to the moist soils of eastern South Africa, it is an evergreen perennial that grows from large bulbs that have an elongated neck.

The fleshy, think and long, dark green leaves are upright from the bulb and flop over with their length. Sometimes the edges are attractively wavy. In late spring to early summer, leafless stalks rise and bear five to ten plump flower...

(Golden Spider Lily)

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(Crocosmia, Montbretia)

A brilliant presence in the summer garden, crocosmias are somewhat cold-tender herbaceous perennials native to South Africa. Although represented by several species in the wild, they are best known in gardens by their hybrid cultivars. In summer, spreading clumps of sword-like leaves give rise to tall, slender stems topped with arching flower spikes. The tubular orange, red or yellow flowers have six lobes that flare at the tips. Plants grow from bulb-like corms that spread by underground stolons....

(Crocosmia, Jenny Bloom Montbretia, Montbretia)

Montbretias are herbaceous perennials native to South Africa. This hybrid montbretia bears long arching wands of golden yellow flowers that open from orange buds. The six-lobed blooms, which resemble miniature daylilies, rise on long wiry stems above pleated, erect, iris-like leaves in mid and late summer. The plants grow from corms which spread by underground stolons.

Plant montbretia in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun to light shade. In colder regions, plant it near...

(Bressingham Beacon Montbretia, Crocosmia, Montbretia)

Montbretias are herbaceous perennials native to South Africa. This hybrid montbretia bears long arching wands of glowing red-orange flowers with yellow eyes. The six-lobed blooms, which resemble miniature daylilies, rise on long wiry stems above pleated, erect, iris-like leaves in mid and late summer. The plants grow from corms which spread by underground stolons.

Plant montbretia in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun to light shade. In colder regions, plant it near a...

(Crocosmia, Montbretia)

The dazzling bicolored flowers of this somewhat tender herbaceous perennial make a showy splash in the summer garden. Developed by the Irish plant breeder Kevin Pomeroy and introduced by the British firm Blooms of Bressingham, it is one of many garden hybrids of the South African genus Crocosmia, which are collectively known as montbretias.

Irish Sunset™ bears arching wands of upfacing yellow flowers with red-orange reverses and eye markings. Resembling miniature daylilies, the six-lobed,...

(Crocosmia, Montbretia)

Valued for its relatively compact habit and sunny flowers, this herbaceous perennial is one of many garden hybrids of the South African genus Crocosmia. It bears slightly arching wands of flat-faced, golden-yellow flowers with paler centers from mid- to late summer. The six-lobed, long-tubed blooms, which resemble miniature daylilies, rise on knee-high stems above pleated, erect, iris-like leaves. The plants grow from corms which spread moderately by underground stolons.

Plant montbretia...

(Crocosmia, Jupiter Montbretia, Montbretia)

Montbretias are herbaceous perennials native to South Africa. The cultivar 'Jupiter' bears arching sprays of bright orange flowers with scarlet central blotches. The blooms, which resemble miniature daylilies, rise on long wiry stems above pleated, erect, iris-like leaves in mid and late summer. The stems grow from corms which spread by underground stolons.

Plant montbretia in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun to light shade. In colder regions, plant it near a wall and...

(Crocosmia, Lucifer Montbretia, Montbretia)

Lucifer montbretia is a beautiful member if the iris family that displays elegant, arching sprays of showy, scarlet red, tubular flowers in early to midsummer. It is a tall plant that bears neat clumps of long, sword-like leaves of bright green. All montbretias grow from corms, which can be dug up and stored overwinter where plants are marginally hardy, and grow best in sites with full to part sun and average, well drained soil. Lucifer's flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and will brighten any...