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Another ID from the rescue me shelf please

WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
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I just can't help myself! I spend a quid on something that looks blatantly dead,  lose track of what it is,  then it survived!
Any ideas folks please?

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  • valerierobertsvalerieroberts Posts: 726
    Could it be Lily of the Valley.  Valerie 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Canna?

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  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Gladioli?
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  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    Is a tough one! I know I didn't buy any lily of the valley as I have some,  same for gladioli.  I did buy some canna last year that all died,  maybe a year of total neglect has made them buck their ideas up? 🤔 Still not certain,  its anybody's guess! Thanks all!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I know patience isn’t a family strong point @WonkyWomble ... but I think that this time you might have to ‘wait and see’
    😂 

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    A hosta?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    I thought that @Lizzie27 but I've never bought one.  The only one I have is by my pond. The picture does look similar to how their leaves unfurl. 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Hmm. Gladioli are usually sharper, not so furled. Hostas don't usually have the pink bit - or mine don't but there are so many.

    Is it somewhere warm? Couldn't be a sarracenia, could it?
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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Sarracenia ...no. They don't grow like these photos are showing.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Just have to wait and see  :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

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