{"product_id":"peach-melba-crocosmia-bare-root-plant","title":"Peach Melba Crocosmia - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeach Melba is a crocosmia with soft peach-orange flowers that open from copper-toned buds on dark stems. The warm colors bring a gentle tropical feel to a sunny border in mid to late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants reach 2.5 to 3 feet tall with broad, sword-shaped leaves that look good all season. It is low maintenance, deer resistant, loved by hummingbirds and excellent for cutting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn upright, fan-like clump about 30 to 36 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. Leaves are long, broad, sword-shaped and pleated lengthwise, medium green, about an inch wide. Dark, wiry flower stems arch outward above the leaves, each carrying a zigzag row of copper-colored buds opening into upward-facing, funnel-shaped flowers about 1.5 inches long in soft peach-orange with slightly paler centers. At peak bloom arching sprays of peach flowers and copper buds rise over the green fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt likes lavender's full sun and well-drained soil, and its peach flowers make a warm, soft contrast with lavender's purple in midsummer, with a little extra water in dry spells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant corms 3 to 6 inches deep in full sun and average, well-drained soil, and water during dry spells in summer. Hardy in zones 5-9; in zone 5 add a layer of mulch over winter and avoid spots that stay wet. Divide crowded clumps in spring every few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crocosmia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peach-orange with copper buds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright, fan-like clump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30–36 in tall × 18–24 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly. Arrives as dormant corms; plant them 3 to 4 inches deep after your last hard frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Best planted in spring; fall-planted corms may not settle in before a zone 5 winter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67775802900776,"sku":"GLLF-PER-D68C9906-BR","price":6.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/peach-melba-crocosmia.jpg?v=1790892269","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/peach-melba-crocosmia-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}