Midsummer sprays of bright red flowers open from bottom to top on long arching bronze stems, like bursts of flame above gladiolus-like foliage. Lucifer is Dutch for ‘match,’ and in most shops in Holland you can pick up a box of lucifers—they’re kitchen matches.

Grows well in pots. Makes a long-lasting cutflower if you can harden yourself enough to steal them from the birds. Plant in full sun, 3" deep, 3" apart in moist well-drained soil. Ours is multiplying and overwintering with no protection in Zone 5. Colder zones should treat these as annuals.

Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered on or before March 7 will ship around March 31 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in colder areas. Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late April through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.