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Identification please

abbiejorden1994abbiejorden1994 Posts: 4
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We’ve had this plant appear in our front garden, please can someone help with identification? The flowers where originally orange/red but they’ve turned black in the last few days. It has grown in amongst iris so it’s very difficult to see any foliage at the Bottom

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It looks like the flowering spike of Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax) so could the leaves at the bottom be those of the phormium rather than irises?

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's the flowering spike of a Phormium.
    Which is what you'll have - not an Iris  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Snap @Fairygirl :D
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @BobTheGardener  :D

    Great minds - or is it fools seldom differ...  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • abbiejorden1994abbiejorden1994 Posts: 4
    Thank you! There are iris around it too which where flowering earlier in the year, but that’d make perfect sense that they’ve just blended in with the foliage of this plant! Mystery solved! ☺️
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