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Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora

Garden Montbretia

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora is a garden hybrid of C. aurea and C. pottsii, first bred 1880 in France by Victor Lemoine. This hybrid is known to gardeners as "Montbretia." Cultivars within C. × crocosmiiflora include:

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Seasonality

33 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026

■ flowering (peak August)■ fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

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