Photo © Sue Watkins |
Common beside burns and in damp places at low altitudes. A well-naturalised escape. Flower diameter c 2.5-5 cm Skye ID: Flowers orange and red, with a tube widening out into 6 petals, in a one-sided spike. Other features: Grows from roundish corms visible at ground level, which multiply into clumps. Leaves long, like Iris or Gladiolus leaves. Other garden Crocosmia species may also be found in the wild. |
