Tritonia crocata

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Width: 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Flower features: red, orange, yellow, pink
Scientific Names

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Read about Tritonia crocata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tritonia crocata, Ker-Gawl. Slender, simple or branched from near the base, bearing few fls. in loose 1-sided racemes: fls. about 2 in. across, tawny yellow or orange-red, the stamens one-third the length of the perianth-limb. Cape Colony.

Var. miniata, Baker (T. miniata, Ker-Gawl.), has light red fls. There are color varieties, as purpurea, Hort., coccinea, Hort., and aurantiaca, Hort.—These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs in the N. CH


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