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cpemma wrote: http://www.cpemma.co.uk/flower1.html TIA. Growing in South Yorkshire, hardy perennial? It looks like some sort of a crocosmia or montbretia (whichever is the official name, these days). If that is the case, it is a bulb which flowers each year - lavish no tender loving care on it at all, and it will spread into a nice big clump. Cat(h) |
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cpemma wrote:
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/flower1.html TIA. Growing in South Yorkshire, hardy perennial? As to its hardiness there's some variation, but you have Freesia laxa - formerly known as Lapeyrousia or Anamatheca cruenta. If it grows well with you, it will continue to do so and if you are lucky, it will seed itself about. Seedlings flower in their first year so there's every chance of buidling up a fair old colony in just a few years. I have a large flowered, very bright red form sometimes called 'grandiflora' and it is almost everywhere. I don't mind - it is very attractive and dense clumps put on a very good show. There are pink and lilac mauve variations as well, but I find these less appealing. You'll find it is happiest in full sun and settles best in sharply drained soil. |
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DavePoole Torquay wrote: cpemma wrote: http://www.cpemma.co.uk/flower1.html TIA. Growing in South Yorkshire, hardy perennial? As to its hardiness there's some variation, but you have Freesia laxa - formerly known as Lapeyrousia or Anamatheca cruenta. If it grows well with you, it will continue to do so and if you are lucky, it will seed itself about. Seedlings flower in their first year so there's every chance of buidling up a fair old colony in just a few years. I have a large flowered, very bright red form sometimes called 'grandiflora' and it is almost everywhere. I don't mind - it is very attractive and dense clumps put on a very good show. There are pink and lilac mauve variations as well, but I find these less appealing. You'll find it is happiest in full sun and settles best in sharply drained soil. Is that in any way related to crocosmia/montbretia, or am I just talking through my hat? (and I would not exclude that possibility). Cat(h) |
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Cat(h) wrote:
DavePoole Torquay wrote: cpemma wrote: http://www.cpemma.co.uk/flower1.html TIA. Growing in South Yorkshire, hardy perennial? As to its hardiness there's some variation, but you have Freesia laxa - formerly known as Lapeyrousia or Anamatheca cruenta. Is that in any way related to crocosmia/montbretia, or am I just talking through my hat? (and I would not exclude that possibility). Cat(h) They're all Iridaceae. Certainly looks like the Anomatheca luxa, aka all the other names, in our RHS A-Z. Must owe it's survival to being in a sheltered sunspot next to the house wall, and two mild winters. And it's certainly in well-drained soil. Thanks for the ID. |
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cpemma wrote: Cat(h) wrote: DavePoole Torquay wrote: cpemma wrote: http://www.cpemma.co.uk/flower1.html TIA. Growing in South Yorkshire, hardy perennial? As to its hardiness there's some variation, but you have Freesia laxa - formerly known as Lapeyrousia or Anamatheca cruenta. Is that in any way related to crocosmia/montbretia, or am I just talking through my hat? (and I would not exclude that possibility). Cat(h) They're all Iridaceae. Certainly looks like the Anomatheca luxa, aka all the other names, in our RHS A-Z. Must owe it's survival to being in a sheltered sunspot next to the house wall, and two mild winters. And it's certainly in well-drained soil. Thanks for the ID. And thank you for salvaging one tenth of a figleaf of garden-cred for me ;-) Cat(h) |
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