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Dug up this brute.

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Oh come on @Lyn take pity on us!
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Mirabilis Jalapa?
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    Mandrake?  :)
  • WibbleWibble Posts: 89
    Lupin? Mine certainly has an impressive taproot as i discovered when I dug a hole to plant something over 1m away from it!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @Eustace has it,  you would’t think such a lovely flower has such an ugly root. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    @Lyn I had these at my previous home. Seeing the advice handed out online about digging and storing the tuber for winter, I found a similar huge one. After that, I left it in the ground and it  sprouted and flowered year after year.

    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @Eustace. Same here, never dug them up,  the ground has frozen 4” deep at times, they still come up every year.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I hadn't a clue what it was. Will you be re-planting that one too when you've refreshed the soil?
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes Lizzie, I’ve put him back now. 
    I need to get the others out and do the same, they are quite late shooting here, or maybe that’s the same everywhere. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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