Crocosmia!...and this is funny because chasmanthe was naturalized and wild all over our Fallbrook property and I did not like it, but it was nice that it flowered in Nov-Dec and the hummers loved it, so I left it. Then we get up here and I see that this orange crocosmia has naturalized also and at first I was sorry to see it, then I took a closer look. It is quite dainty and has the touch of yellow also. I have a neighbor who does not know a lot about gardening, in fact does not like to be outside much (she's the one who's OCD about vacuuming...lol..), but she loved the orange crocosmia and took some...so....it's so naturalized around here, that like most plants like that, it becomes un-appreciated, undervalued...we just took a load of prunings to the transfer station, (read "dump")...and there was a big pile of the crocosmia corms.....so I grabbed them for her and she's thrilled. Her husband is getting ready to retire and I think I can work with him to get him around to planting trees, etc. He currently doesn't want anything he has to mow 'around', but has been mumbling maple trees and likes what I'm doing...
I've planted some yellow crocosmia and we'll see how that goes. Bex had dug out a bunch of "Lucifer", but I'm not wild about reds....
