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• Ilikeplants Posts: 894

  June 2021

  I have to wait until it flowers. The stems are round rather than triangular and the leaves when crushed don’t smell of onion or garlic. So I’m still stumped. I was starting to think I could eat them.

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• Ilikeplants Posts: 894

  July 2021

  I thought I’d come back to update now that they’ve flowered, if anyone’s interested.  

  Anyone else grow these. I’ve just cut some for the vase along with rose and hebes.
  
  

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• Pianoplayer Posts: 624

  July 2021

  Triteleia, I think?

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2021

  Ilikeplants said:

  I thought I’d come back to update now that they’ve flowered, if anyone’s interested.  

  Anyone else grow these. I’ve just cut some for the vase along with rose and hebes.
  
  

  Thank you so much for the update
  Agree Triteleia,  so dainty and cute.
  Mine have seeded around which is wonderful.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Ilikeplants Posts: 894

  July 2021

  Thanks both for the name. This one seems to have quite a few other names including grassnut for some reason. I’d love these to spread. They have very long grassy leaves to begin with but these have lessened as the flowers appear.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2021

  Ilikeplants said:

  Thanks both for the name. This one seems to have quite a few other names including grassnut for some reason. I’d love these to spread. They have very long grassy leaves to begin with but these have lessened as the flowers appear.

  They cannot spread if you go cutting them to put in a vase!

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Ilikeplants Posts: 894

  July 2021

  So they spread by seeds rather than bulblets? I’ll leave enough in the garden to grow on.

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