Hot Crocosmia

Day 277: Whoever named this variety of Crocosmia "Lucifer" probably did so because it is red-hot as the fires of hell. It also spreads like a weed, so if you succumb to its temptations, be sure you place it somewhere it isn't likely to take over the world. Initially, I'd put mine in a dead spot in the flower bed, and it only took a few years before I began repenting the errors of my ways. I dug it out, carefully sifting the soil for each and every tiny bulblet, but as is often the case with plants which form bulbs, there were some I missed. Little by little, I've managed to eradicate it from the flower bed and have moved it to a better location (two, actually) where it can grow with abandon. I love the "heat" the flowers give to the yard.