"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Mary, the plant is Dietes grandiflora and it is now quite easily available
in the UK if you search in the RHS Plantfinder..
http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder.asp

It could be that since I have little enthusiasm for flowers I haven't
noticed it :-)

....

As for Tomatoes being beautiful, I think you have to go a long way to beat
a row of well grown Savoys in the middle of winter.

Oh yes. And chard in summer and autumn and January King in the snow and ...
well ... I haven't room for a row of savoys, the only part of my garden
which is devoted to a relatively large area for a very short seasonal crop
is the asparagus bed.

I'm drooling already :-)

Mary