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Mystery plant

Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
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Getting ready for winter in my garden I have started to lift dalhia & begonia tubers, etc. Came across this surprise "tuber" in one of my planters. I know what I had planted there so I know what it is, but was not expecting it to look like that. Can you identify it? Size about 5cm in diametre.

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Last edited: 20 November 2017 15:30:29

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  • Market BoyMarket Boy Posts: 101

    It looks a bit like an Allium Bulb to me.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I would say its a bit left over from the dahlia. It won’t grow again.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Sorry Edit doesn’t work, if you know what it is, do tell.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254

    This morning I lifted the second specimen of my "mystery plant" and its tubers look radically different. image

    Some clues: this plant is cultivated as an edible veg, but the variety I had planted is grown for its very decorative foliage. Hope that helps!

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Salsify??

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774

    Or Jerusalem Artichoke? The thin roots look a bit like Skirret  or Seakale as well. 

    AB Still learning

  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    lost potatoe?

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254

    @Lida,

    You are getting close. Please note that both photos refer to the very same plant, although not the same specimen.

  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661

    Crambe maritima?

    East Anglia
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254

    Any more guesses?

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