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Description

Enjoy impact from the moment Crocosmia 'Firestars Scorchio' blooms! Starry flowers open in rich orange-yellow, each petal marked with a bold red stripe, creating a fiery bicolour effect that blazes across the garden from midsummer into autumn. Recognised with the RHS Award of Garden Merit, this is proven to perform in UK gardens.

As part of the Firestars series, 'Scorchio' combines astonishing flower colour with a dense, clump-forming habit. That means this Montbretia isn't just beautiful the first time it blooms, it builds strength and size over time, giving you more stems and bigger displays with each passing season.

Once planted, they need very little from you, yet they repay the favour with a succession of blooms just when the garden needs them most. They're fully hardy, drought tolerant once established, and shrug off the majority of pests and diseases.

Plant them in drifts through a sunny border, where their fiery tones mix beautifully with grasses, asters and rudbeckia. The bold, blade-like foliage provides structure and movement, while the sprays of flowers make outstanding cut stems for indoor use.

Supplied as a set of five bulbs, size 8/10, ready to plant.

Top Tips

For maximum impact, plant Crocosmia in groups or drifts. Their sword-like foliage adds height and structure, while the fiery flowers glow brightest when planted in bold swathes.

Care Information

Planting Advice for your Crocosmia:

Corms should be planted like any other bulb and are easiest to plant if you just dig a hole about 10cm deep and space a handful about 2cm apart. This will give you a good-sized clump straight away and you can lift and divide clumps as they expand.
If you prefer a more spaced display, then plant them in clumps in groups of 5 about 10cm apart. If your soil is heavy, add some horticultural grit to the planting hole.

Aftercare Advice:

Water well and regularly.
Mulch corms in winter to preserve moisture.
Lift and divide clumps in spring if flowering diminishes.

Pruning Advice:

Cut back dead leaves in spring.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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