This has suddenly budded/flowered!

And I have no idea what it is! It has spent most of it's time looking like some sort of reed, growing in the area above my fish pond where the main gubbins is for the pump/filter. We came back off holiday earlier in the week to find it had sprouted buds, and now has beautiful bright red/orange flowers! Anyone know what it is? Thank you

 

Crocosmia possibly Lucifer though there are a lot of red ones around.

 

It looks like Montbretia Lucifer.

 

Thank you I can see why it's called Lucifer It's so beautiful though, right outside our bedroom and the bees (and wasps) love it

 

Thank you I thought it a pretty boring marginal plant in honesty, am extremely pleasantly surprised!

 

Yes: it's beautiful

I've planted some this year, but was late doing so, so no beautiful Lucifer's for me. But, I do know they could come true next summer ... so, while I wait, patiently, I'll admire yours

 

Mine have flowered for a few years now until this year when they haven't flowered. This can happen when they get congested - so in the spring they will need lifting and dividing. The divided sections can then be replanted.

 

Good advice

 

But please, not Monbretia, they have NEVER been called that . Like Pelargoniums the name was wrongly applied, nearly 200 years ago and almost immediately the man who called them that, withdrew the name as he realised that he was wrong.