What an exciting new plant! Planted just this Spring—and already in bloom. Wow do we love that in any perennial.
This is Crocosmia aurea, and what a joy. The yellow buds appeared just last week, all the sudden, just in time for this dripping-with-promise photo.
(That purplish-green leaf is Eucomis 'Sparking Burgundy'.)
What a lot of color...
...with the oldest deepening from salmon into orange while the newest still hold to yellow.
And then—kablam!—the first blossom. A surprising (to me at least) spider-like pinwheel of six narrow petals, yellow at the center and firing up to orange farther out.
And enthusiastically chatting with the terra cotta of the, literally, terra cotta to the back.
How about that sharp white spear of pistols and stamens?
Three stamens just loaded with terra-cotta pollen.
And in the center, a trio of dainty pistols just waiting to be dusted.
A sparkling show, and at a season when it couldn't be more welcome.
This is Crocosmia aurea, and what a joy. The yellow buds appeared just last week, all the sudden, just in time for this dripping-with-promise photo.
(That purplish-green leaf is Eucomis 'Sparking Burgundy'.)
What a lot of color...
...with the oldest deepening from salmon into orange while the newest still hold to yellow.
And then—kablam!—the first blossom. A surprising (to me at least) spider-like pinwheel of six narrow petals, yellow at the center and firing up to orange farther out.
And enthusiastically chatting with the terra cotta of the, literally, terra cotta to the back.
How about that sharp white spear of pistols and stamens?
Three stamens just loaded with terra-cotta pollen.
And in the center, a trio of dainty pistols just waiting to be dusted.
A sparkling show, and at a season when it couldn't be more welcome.
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