General Description | Classified as a D3 Y - YYO (Small Cupped). |
ID Characteristic | Bath's Flame is very similar to Conspicuus but with broader, deeper coloured petals. It also closely resembles Brilliancy. |
Propagation | About every five years or as the number of blooms decrease lift clumps with a fork after the foliage has withered. Pull the bulbs apart and detach any offsets, replant bulbs three times their own depth (15 cm) and depending on plant size 3-10 cm apart. Plant bulbs in full sun to partial shade in autumn in clumps or large groups for best affect. Suited to naturalization in woodland gardens and turf. Interplant where dying bulb foliage may be hidden by later blooming perennials or if planted in turf let foliage yellow before mowing. |
Notable Specimens | The Tamar Valley, Cornwall, England. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Flower Description | Flowers are up to 102 mm wide, held at right angles to the stem and/or facing slightly downwards. The petals are broadly oval and blunt tipped and are a deep yellow in colour. The trumpet is short, broad, funnel shaped and deep yellow in colour, with a frilled orange rim. |