On 16/06/16 08:57, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Hogg wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

A neighbour has what seems to me like a very tall lily

Cardiocrinum giganteum. http://tinyurl.com/z9mv4pm

Yes that's it, thanks ... seems a lot of relatively ugly stalk and
leaves to get some impressive flowers a few feet over your head!

Then, of course, it dies after flowering, and you'll have to wait
several years for the offsets to reach flowering size. Still, it is
impressive when in flower.

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Jeff