Crocosmia 'Red King' is a stunning perennial that brings vibrant color to summer gardens with its fiery red, funnel-shaped blooms featuring yellow-orange centers. This compact variety, also known as Montbretia, creates a dramatic display with its sword-like foliage and arching stems of bi-colored flowers that attract pollinators, especially hummingbirds. Perfect for borders, containers, and mass plantings, this reliable performer offers both visual impact and ecological benefits.
A Fiery Addition to Your Summer Garden
Crocosmia 'Red King' delivers exceptional value and beauty to any landscape design:
- Produces striking orange-red blooms that create a bold color statement in mid-summer to fall
- Grows to a manageable height of 14 inches (35 cm), making it ideal for mid-border positions
- Features attractive, sword-like foliage that provides vertical interest even when not in bloom
- Naturally deer-resistant, reducing maintenance concerns for your clients
- Excellent as cut flowers, allowing for versatile use in both landscape and floral arrangements
- Attracts beneficial pollinators, enhancing the ecological value of garden installations
- Forms clumps that gradually increase in size, offering greater impact and division potential over time
The bi-color effect of the blooms creates a particularly dynamic visual display that stands out against green foliage.
Planting and Growing Information
Plant Crocosmia 'Red King' corms in spring after all danger of frost has passed, placing them 3-4 inches deep and 4-6 inches apart in well-drained soil. This versatile perennial thrives in full sun but tolerates partial shade in zones 6-9. Water regularly during the growing season, but reduce once established. The sword-like foliage emerges in late spring, with the spectacular blooms appearing from mid-summer through mid-fall, providing weeks of vibrant color.
Order Now for Your Commercial Projects
Enhance your landscape designs with the bold color and reliable performance of Crocosmia 'Red King'. Available in convenient packs of 75 premium-quality corms, this variety is perfect for commercial landscapers, garden centers, and contractors looking to offer clients low-maintenance perennial options with high visual impact. Order online today through our wholesale portal to secure your stock for spring shipping. Remember, DeVroomen products are available exclusively to trade customers.
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EAN code60090108
- CatalogWholesale Growers
- Singular UnitBulb, Corm
- Bloom Height14" / 35 cm
- Light RequirementsSun
- Bloom TimeMid Summer to Mid Fall
- Size8/+
- Packaged in2000
- Zone6, 7, 8, 9
- UsesDeer Resistant, Cut Flower
- Shipping Time FrameSpring