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Gary_L67Gary_L67 Posts: 14
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Anyone got any idea what this plant is, similar leaves to crocosmia but I don't think it is one? Out in bloom now, October.


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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Schizostylis. Good plant for this time of year.  :)
    Mostly reds/orangey colours, but there is a white as well. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Gary_L67Gary_L67 Posts: 14
    Thanks very much, strange thing is we don't remember buying this at all, 
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    And just to confuse things the name has been changed to Hesperantha coccinea.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I can never remember the new name @K67!  :D

    It may have been there already, but hidden by other plants or something @Gary.lipton :)  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    edited October 2020
    No @Fairygirl I had to Google it. I was always proud of myself for being able to pronounce Schizostylis even if i couldnt spell it! 
    They are lovely plants.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I love the old name. It's always fascinated me. Not sure what that says about me!  :D

    I love white plants, but I think the white one is a bit short lived, like many white plants, so I've never bought it. 
    They grow really well here - I'm wondering if you have drier conditions and it's maybe not performed well in the past because of that @Gary.lipton? It may just have had a lot of foliage and not produced the flowers. Just a thought  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Gary_L67Gary_L67 Posts: 14
    Well I'll certainly look after it now, they are lovely and they are growing in between some pennesetum grasses and look really good

  • BusylizBusyliz Posts: 149
    These are lovely. Fab display of them at Edinburgh's botanical gardens on Beechgrove's final programme last week. Where can i get the bulbs? Thanks.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Most GCs sell them. You'll see it sold as a plant usually   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    There's a pink one too, maybe not quite so vigourous.
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