Crocosmia Tank Tops

Crocosmia & Maple

Beautiful crocosmia flowers opening into bloom. Floral macro photography.

A close-up of crocosmia flowers.

A close-up of a red crocosmia flower with a yellow stripe.

Beautiful bright crocosmia flowers in bud Floral photography taken in the UK

A close-up of lucifer crocosmia flowers.

Enchanting ethereal photo manipulation of Crocosmia flowers with a dreamy green and mauve background.

Crocosmia

Crocosmia

Crocosmia flowers in blue tint

Crocosmia flowers in black and white

Crocosmia flowers

One of the big colours of summer here is the wild crocosmia that escaped from Victorian gardens. Swathes of orange litter the countryside as it spreads like wildfire.

A close-up view of crocosmia buds.

A calming modern summer tropical floral to bring the outside in. Fronds of orange crocosmia play host to a visiting butterfly.A collage in marbled paper.

A swallowtail butterfly on crocosmia flowers.

The vibrant orange montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) is a hallmark of high summer here in the West of Ireland, growing in gardens and along roadside verges and embankments. Due to our mild winters here in the West they became naturalized and had become frequent in the countryside by the 1930s. This image is based on a photograph of a Montbretia against a sky background, taken along my road into the village and rendered in the style of a watercolor painting.

I can't imagine the countryside here without the showy montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) . It is a hybrid, created in 1879 by French nurseryman, Victor Lemoine, who crossed two South African species, C. aurea and C. pottsii. Due to our mild winters here in the West they became naturalized and had become frequent in the countryside by the 1930s. This photo however is of a non-naturalized cultivar planted in one of my neighbours' garden It is somewhat darker than the bright orange naturalized hybrid. I gave it extra texture with a photo of a stone surface of a cottage nearby. (Canon EOS 60D DSLR, Corel PSP X)

Beautiful orange flowers, crocosmia, blooming at a moody autumn garden with dark green leaves on a background, dark garden

Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora Bright orange flower buds with some drops Picture taken in Puerto Cisnes, Chile