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Can anyone identify this ?

kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
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can anyone identify this plant ? The leaves have a sharp edge and turn red later in the year a flower brach appears in the centre of the leaf cluster. I bought it at the lost garden of heligan and it grows in the jungle there. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    Looks to me a lot like Bilbergia nutans aka Queen’s Tears, Empress’s Earrings ...

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/2301/Billbergia-nutans/Details

    Not usually hardy in most of the UK and often grown as a houseplant. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
    Thank you , I've looked at the link you sent , but I don't think that's my plant. The leaves on mine are hard and have sharp edges , some of the leaves turn red and the flowers are not 9n long stems . Mine has survived outside in Cornwall where I live since 2012. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Heligan has its own little micro climate,  don’t rely on it, or do you live there as well? 
    My daughter lives close by and her garden is the same,  so much warmer than anywhere else. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    edited July 2020
    If they have a sharp edge, might be an Eryngium? Check Eryngium Yuccifolium.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    My bilbergia had hard sharp eaves with serrated edges ... I cut my finger on it once. 

    This link is perhaps a better description https://www.houseplantsexpert.com/queens-tears-plant.html

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
    Lyn said:
    Heligan has its own little micro climate,  don’t rely on it, or do you live there as well? 
    My daughter lives close by and her garden is the same,  so much warmer than anywhere else.  
    We have a locals pass to heligan and usually visit once a month. The plant has survived for the last 8 years in my garden where I live in cornwall. It even survived the beast from the east 
  • kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
    kate pitman said:
    Lyn said:
    Heligan has its own little micro climate,  don’t rely on it, or do you live there as well? 
    My daughter lives close by and her garden is the same,  so much warmer than anywhere else.  


  • kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
    I usually visit heligan once a month as I have a locals pass and live in cornwall. The plant had been outside in my garden since 2012 and even survived the beast  from the east. 
  • kate pitmankate pitman Posts: 7
    I dont think it's an eryngium , it's not a tall plant its compact. I'm thinking it's either a type of agarve or aloe but am.not sure.  
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Fascicularia pitcairnifolia?

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Fascicularia+pitcairnifolia&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkrJez_9bqAhURlFwKHSK6AVcQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1920&bih=938
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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