montbretia

British

/ mɒnˈbriːʃə /

noun

a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia , a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii , with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants

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Etymology

Origin of montbretia

C19: New Latin, named after A. F. E. Coquebert de Montbret (1780–1801), French botanist

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Few bulbs come into the summer flower gardens, but amongst those which should always be well represented are the Gladiolus, the Lilium, the Tigridia and the Montbretia.

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T. Pottsi, also better known perhaps as a Montbretia, grows 3 to 4 feet high, having narrow tapering sword-like leaves, and bright yellow funnel-shaped flowers suffused with red.

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Fritillarias: Montbretia crocosmi�flora 102 F. Moggridgei 31 28.

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It had little broken lawns set with hydrangeas and beds and borders of blood-red begonias and montbretia and geraniums and marguerites, the whole tilted up as if it would have spilled over the rough cliff-top to the rocks below.

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Many species formerly included in the genus Gladiolus are now correctly assigned to Acidanthera, Antholyza, Babiana, Freesia, Montbretia, Tritona and Watsonia.

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