Hi,

Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html

cross wrote:
Hi,

Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


it looks like a Crocosmia, but can't really say which species/variety

Philippe

cross wrote:
Hi,

Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


it looks like a Crocosmia, but can't really say which species/variety

Philippe

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:24:03 +0100, "cross"
wrote:

~Hi,
~
~Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
~gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
~condition that I can identify it!
~
~So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
~it will be possible ;-)
~
~Thanks in anticipation,
~Marina
~ E. Sx
~
~www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html
~
~
It looks like one of the large flowered crocosmias. Emily McKenzie
perhaps?

(And can I have a pot too if I'm right? :-)


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

" On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:24:03 +0100, "cross"
wrote:

~Hi,
~
~Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
~gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
~condition that I can identify it!
~
~So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
~it will be possible ;-)
~
~Thanks in anticipation,
~Marina
~ E. Sx
~
~www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html
~
~
It looks like one of the large flowered crocosmias. Emily McKenzie
perhaps?

(And can I have a pot too if I'm right? :-)
jane" wrote in message
----------------
That was my first impression, but the leaves are growing from the flower
stems, not from the base of the plant, and they are slightly blueish in
colour. They are held up flat, a bit like an iris. The flowers twirl up in
a spiral when they are finished, like a morning glory.

Any more ideas?

Marina

" On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:24:03 +0100, "cross"
wrote:

~Hi,
~
~Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
~gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
~condition that I can identify it!
~
~So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
~it will be possible ;-)
~
~Thanks in anticipation,
~Marina
~ E. Sx
~
~www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html
~
~
It looks like one of the large flowered crocosmias. Emily McKenzie
perhaps?

(And can I have a pot too if I'm right? :-)
jane" wrote in message
----------------
That was my first impression, but the leaves are growing from the flower
stems, not from the base of the plant, and they are slightly blueish in
colour. They are held up flat, a bit like an iris. The flowers twirl up in
a spiral when they are finished, like a morning glory.

Any more ideas?

Marina

On 30/7/04 2:24 pm, in article , "cross"
wrote:

Hi,

Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Possibly a Watsonia or a Gladiolus watsonius?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

On 30/7/04 2:24 pm, in article , "cross"
wrote:

Hi,

Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Possibly a Watsonia or a Gladiolus watsonius?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

cross wrote:
:: Hi,
::
:: Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the
:: nursery/landscape gardening company where two of my daughters are
:: currently working, on the condition that I can identify it!
::
:: So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective
:: brains of Urg, it will be possible ;-)
::
:: Thanks in anticipation,
:: Marina
:: E. Sx
::
:: www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html

Tigerlily, see he
http://www.edcheung.com/garden/tigerlily.jpg
We used to have some very similar ones years ago, they come up every year, I
think from bulbs?

cross wrote:
:: Hi,
::
:: Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the
:: nursery/landscape gardening company where two of my daughters are
:: currently working, on the condition that I can identify it!
::
:: So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective
:: brains of Urg, it will be possible ;-)
::
:: Thanks in anticipation,
:: Marina
:: E. Sx
::
:: www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html

Tigerlily, see he
http://www.edcheung.com/garden/tigerlily.jpg
We used to have some very similar ones years ago, they come up every year, I
think from bulbs?

Marina wrote in message
Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Looks just like my Belamcanda chinensis to me.
--
Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

Marina wrote in message
Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Looks just like my Belamcanda chinensis to me.
--
Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote
Marina wrote in message
Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on
the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Looks just like my Belamcanda chinensis to me.
--
and you should get lots of seed pods full of round black seeds which
germinate easily and take a couple of years to flower.

--
Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote
Marina wrote in message
Yesterday I was given this plant by the owner of the nursery/landscape
gardening company where two of my daughters are currently working, on
the
condition that I can identify it!

So.......... I am hoping that with the help of the collective brains of
Urg,
it will be possible ;-)

Thanks in anticipation,
Marina
E. Sx

www.pinkdesigns.co.uk/garden.html


Looks just like my Belamcanda chinensis to me.
--
and you should get lots of seed pods full of round black seeds which
germinate easily and take a couple of years to flower.

--
Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:54:01 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote:

Tigerlily, see he
http://www.edcheung.com/garden/tigerlily.jpg
We used to have some very similar ones years ago, they come up every year, I
think from bulbs?

The plants in the photograph in this site are not 'tiger lilies'
(Lilium tigrinum) but good old fashioned 'day lilies - Hemerocallis.

Now the unidentified plant is ironically, the 'leopard flower' or
'blackberry lily' - Belamcandra chinensis, so you're nearly there.
Its a rather pleasing, hardy, rhizomatous perennial from Japan and
China flowering over a period of about 5 or 6 weeks in mid-summer.

After the flowers have set, they are followed by glistening black
seeds which can persist well into winter. Give it a sunny spot and it
will slowly develop into a handsome clump.

HTH
Dave Poole
Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK
Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C.
Growing season: March - November