Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

Although this South African bulb might evoke warm, sub-tropical landscapes, it's quite hardy. We grow ours in a perennial border. Each year it comes back with more vigor. The foliage is spiky like an iris and offers good contrast to softer textures.

The golden-throated scarlet blossoms arch on airy stems that attract not only the eye but hummingbirds as well. Our resident hummingbirds are obsessed! They get so pre-occupied with the flowers that we can garden right beside them!