a rare source of color and nectar when the garden is otherwise quiet
the most influential woody-plant horticulturist of his generation
the species is one of many rare southeastern natives that Woodlanders was probably the first nursery to offer
with the aromatic bite that makes a fine lime substitute for cooking
native across the eastern United States
Crocosmia masonorum x paniculatus 'Lucifer' Richard Lynch a rare source of colorCrocosmia 'Lucifer' is a vigorous, corm forming perennial and one of the best summer plants for the southern garden, multiplying steadily in good, moist, neutral to acid soil in sun or light shade. Tall, arching spikes of brilliant red orange, flame colored flowers rise over the clump through early to midsummer, held above fans of pleated, sword like green leaves. The flowers are magnets for hummingbirds and make superb, long lasting cut stems for the