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Hardy to USDA zone 5
and very little summer water
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND IRONWOOD
easily kept to this size by pruning as a caning shrub
Cyrtanthus sanguineus Black Flowers Hardy to USDA zone 5One of the boldest and brightest of this South African genus, but wouldn't you know, not the hardiest. Gray green leaves from 12 18", with spikes of warm orange flowers to over 2" in length, at any time, but particularly late summer and autumn. Fairly rapidly clumping to 18" or more, has been evergreen for us most years in the garden, but temperatures in the low to mid 20's will "deciduify" it quickly, and we consider it hardy to only a bit below,