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Plant Query

ladyhelensteelladyhelensteel Posts: 7
in Problem solving

Hi, Can anyone tell me what these two plants are and how to care for them?the one on the right has just sprouted a flower stem.

Many thanks


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  • StevedaylillyStevedaylilly Posts: 1,102
    Hi
    Phormium  or commonly known as New Zealand Flax 
    Very frost hardy and can get quite large 
  • ladyhelensteelladyhelensteel Posts: 7
    Thanks that's great. Any ideas on the one on the left?
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    It's rather a small photo and a bit blurry... but the one on the left could be a cordyline...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ladyhelensteelladyhelensteel Posts: 7
    That’s great , thanks for your help 
  • Lou24Lou24 Posts: 10
    have a display of lillies in a container which have recently flowered. I have discovered strange dark nodules at the nodes between the leaves on the stems. Are they seed pods, because I would have thought the seeds would develop in the pods on top of the stems, left after flowering had I not removed them ?
  • Lou24Lou24 Posts: 10
    I have a display of lillies in a container which have recently flowered. I have discovered strange dark nodules at the nodes between the leaves on the stems. Are they seed pods, because I would have thought the seeds would develop in the pods on top of the stems, left after flowering had I not removed them ?
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    @Lou. You would be better posting this as a separate question.
    However those a bulbils. Some types of lilies develop these. Grow them on like seeds and you will have hundreds of lilies. They do take a few years though.
  • Lou24Lou24 Posts: 10
    Thankyou so much. Will sow  them in a tray and leave them labelled, in  a sheltered part of the garden till I see some life. 
    I have some similar bulbils on my Schubertii alliums. Will try them too. Thanks again. 😁


  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    My New Zealand flax likes it here. The last flower it threw out went to over ten feet!
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