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 similar garden Crocosmia species may also be found in the wild. |
