Two charity plant sales on the island today, and as usual, there were
several irresistible plants with no labels, or the previous owner's dim
memory of what the name might have been once upon a time.

One such, was a big box of large bare bulbs in the green, labelled
"Irene; yellow autumn flowers".They look to be nerines..but yellow
nerines??????? Is there such a thing?

Another one is a foot high, with very fine-leafed feathery blue-grey
foliage; label just says "Chelsea Girl". Clues please :-)

The other mystery one was labelled lavender, which from the rounded
soft leaves it obviously isn't; I think/hope it's either lobelia tupa or
a cistus.

Janet. (Isle of Arran).

"Janet Baraclough.. wrote in message

Two charity plant sales on the island today, and as usual, there were
several irresistible plants with no labels, or the previous owner's dim
memory of what the name might have been once upon a time.

One such, was a big box of large bare bulbs in the green, labelled
"Irene; yellow autumn flowers".They look to be nerines..but yellow
nerines??????? Is there such a thing?

Another one is a foot high, with very fine-leafed feathery blue-grey
foliage; label just says "Chelsea Girl". Clues please :-)

The other mystery one was labelled lavender, which from the rounded
soft leaves it obviously isn't; I think/hope it's either lobelia tupa or
a cistus.


The bulb, I don't know of a yellow nerine, but how about Sternbergia,
possibly S. clusiana or more likely S. lutea both of which are autumn
flowering and yellow.

The second plant is probably Argyranthemum gracile "Chelsea Girl" AGM.

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Regards
Bob

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