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Here a real challange for all you gardners
My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas |
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In message , Private
writes Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas Crocosmia? -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas Dierama? (aka Angels' Fishing rods) -- Kay |
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"Private" wrote in message
... Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or Schizostylus coccinea 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider |
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It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the
pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. On 16/01/2010 18:46, Spider wrote: wrote in message ... Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or . I 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider |
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"Private" wrote in message
... It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. Hi again .. please scroll down till you find my reply .. hope you understand when you read it :~) Spider On 16/01/2010 18:46, Spider wrote: wrote in message ... Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or . I 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider Hello 'Private's' Wife, Before we talk plants, I wonder if I could suggest that you 'bottom post', because newsgroups post differently to ordinary email, so the discussion can get out of order if you 'top post'. Hope you don't mind. Thanks. :~) So far, we've all (I believe) assumed that 'your' long thin leaves sprang from the base of the plant, rather like a daffodil. Do you remember if this is correct? Do you retain any sense of (roughly) how many individual flowers there are at the end of the stalk? Single? 3 or 4? A spike, such as in a bluebell - tho' not necessarily nodding?, or a form of panicle (or corymb), as in cow parsley or hydrangea. Was the 'red' flower truly red, as in 'pillar box' or 'scarlet' or was it more crimson? Was the shape of the flower trumpet-like, bell-like, daisy-like, or a broad-petalled cup as in a buttercup or anemone, .. or .. your own discription? Anything you can add to the original description may help. In the meantime, two other red-flowering plants that spring to mind (although they're inclined to be tender), are Sprekelia formosissima or Nerine sardenensis. Spider |
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On 16/01/2010 22:24, Spider wrote:
wrote in message ... It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. Hi again .. please scroll down till you find my reply .. hope you understand when you read it :~) Spider On 16/01/2010 18:46, Spider wrote: wrote in message ... Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or . I 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider Hello 'Private's' Wife, Before we talk plants, I wonder if I could suggest that you 'bottom post', because newsgroups post differently to ordinary email, so the discussion can get out of order if you 'top post'. Hope you don't mind. Thanks. :~) So far, we've all (I believe) assumed that 'your' long thin leaves sprang from the base of the plant, rather like a daffodil. Do you remember if this is correct? Do you retain any sense of (roughly) how many individual flowers there are at the end of the stalk? Single? 3 or 4? A spike, such as in a bluebell - tho' not necessarily nodding?, or a form of panicle (or corymb), as in cow parsley or hydrangea. Was the 'red' flower truly red, as in 'pillar box' or 'scarlet' or was it more crimson? Was the shape of the flower trumpet-like, bell-like, daisy-like, or a broad-petalled cup as in a buttercup or anemone, .. or .. your own discription? Anything you can add to the original description may help. In the meantime, two other red-flowering plants that spring to mind (although they're inclined to be tender), are Sprekelia formosissima or Nerine sardenensis. Spider Apologies for not bottom posting, it is the first time I have been on a newsgroup. The long thin leaves do spring from the base of the plant. There are long stems also coming from the base where there little reddish orange flowers at the end of the stem. It has been a while since I saw this plant. I think the flowers are tiny and sort of hang of the stem (like a bleeding heart) but the petals are a diffent style and much smaller. There is a house in our road that has one in their front flower bed but as I am in a plaster cast and on a zimmer frame I can't go and see it for myself to get a photograph. My husband has been out and come back with a photo of a plant but it is the wrong one. I do appreciate your time and patience. |
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:01:28 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Private contains these words: Apologies for not bottom posting, it is the first time I have been on a newsgroup. The long thin leaves do spring from the base of the plant. There are long stems also coming from the base where there little reddish orange flowers at the end of the stem. It has been a while since I saw this plant. I think the flowers are tiny and sort of hang of the stem (like a bleeding heart) but the petals are a diffent style and much smaller. There is a house in our road that has one in their front flower bed but as I am in a plaster cast and on a zimmer frame I can't go and see it for myself to get a photograph. My husband has been out and come back with a photo of a plant but it is the wrong one. It's in flower now? Midwinter in UK? If you're in the UK this narrows the possibilities considerably. I saw your other post, watsonia similar but wrong flower shape, have you tried schizostylus major in google images I do appreciate your time and patience. We're enjoying it If you are in UK it could be schizostylis. Mine had a red bud showing before the snow, and the stem has grown but been pressed down by the snow. Still showing a red bud at the top of the stem and more to come lower down. Does this sound like "yours"? Pam in Bristol |
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In message , Janet Baraclough
writes The message from Private contains these words: It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. another one to try; Watsonia Janet The original description said "tiny flowers". Tiny is a moveable feast, but I thought that even Crocosmia was pushing it - but nothing else fitting the description came to mind. (The flowers of Dierama not being borne "just above the leaves", and its flowers being rather purplish.) If there was a red-flowered Dianella that would fit, but as far as I know there isn't. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 17/01/2010 08:26, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Janet Baraclough writes The message from Private contains these words: It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. another one to try; Watsonia Janet The original description said "tiny flowers". Tiny is a moveable feast, but I thought that even Crocosmia was pushing it - but nothing else fitting the description came to mind. (The flowers of Dierama not being borne "just above the leaves", and its flowers being rather purplish.) If there was a red-flowered Dianella that would fit, but as far as I know there isn't. Thanks for your help. On looking again I think it may be Crocosmia. This is the closest to it. I will leave this for now until I am able to look at the plant up the road. Thank you all for your help and patience. |
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"Private" wrote in message ... On 17/01/2010 08:26, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: Thank you all for your help and patience. Just a pity some have not learnt how to snip their postings! I wonder if I were to explain 'pruning' they might understand. -- Mike The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rneba.org.uk Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight? www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk |
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:56:34 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Private contains these words: It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. another one to try; Watsonia Elementary my dear -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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On 16/01/2010 23:56, Janet Baraclough wrote:
The from contains these words: It's the wife, thanks for your help but I don't recognise any of the pictures. I will keep looking.I can't remember when I saw it in flower. another one to try; Watsonia Janet Hi, I had a look at Watsonia, very similar but the flowers are the wrong shape |
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:46:20 -0000, "Spider"
wrote: "Private" wrote in message ... Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or Schizostylus coccinea 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider My first thought was schizostylis, but as Spider says, it depends on the time of year. Also, I wouldn't call those flowers "tiny". and they are more "red" than the common montbretia/crocosmia which are orange. Pam in Bristol |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message
... On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:46:20 -0000, "Spider" wrote: "Private" wrote in message .. . Here a real challange for all you gardners My wife is looking for a plant she has seen in someones garden a while ago back, and can't remember where she saw it. Anyway the plant had long thin green leaves (about 2-3 foot long)with tiny red flowers on the end of a stalk which stuck out slighty above the leaves Any Ideas??? spend most of today surfing google for plants like it, but with no luck Any ideas It would help if she could pin down the time of year, so we can consider the flowering season. As the others have said, possibly Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (or similar cultivar), or Schizostylus coccinea 'Major'. The Crocosmias are generally late summer flowering. Schizostylus is autumn flowering. Dierama is a possibility, but I don't know of one with red flowers; they tend to be pinks and purples. Do google on both the above and, if it's not one of these, ask your wife if she can describe how 'hers' were different. We will then keep thinking. Spider My first thought was schizostylis, but as Spider says, it depends on the time of year. Also, I wouldn't call those flowers "tiny". and they are more "red" than the common montbretia/crocosmia which are orange. Pam in Bristol .... which is why I named Crocosmia 'Lucifer'. However, as you say Pam, most of us wouldn't call either Crocosmia or Schizostylus flowers 'tiny', although seen at some distance, they may appear so. Another thought that has occurred to me is that the OP's wife saw the tiny red flowers of one plant growing through the green, strap-like leaves of another plant. In which case it could be a red flowering Geum, Potentilla, Lychnis, Knautia macedonica (arguably red) ... or many others. As the OP said, "a real challenge". Just what we like :~) ... it helps to keep the Cabin Fever at bay. Spider |
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