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What plant is this/seeds are these?

JacquelinekingJacquelineking Posts: 3
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These broke off a larger plant in my garden but I have no idea which plant they fell from. They seem to be seed pods. I’ve included some pictures.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Any lilies around there? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Or flag iris?

  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 201
    as @Dovefromabove said as soon as I saw the picture Lillies  came to mind.
  • JacquelinekingJacquelineking Posts: 3
    I think @fidgetbones is correct I remember seeing some flag Iris at the bottom of the garden so that’s what they are! Thank you for identifying them. I shall be sowing these seeds again and hopefully more will appear next year. 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    You need to leave the seed pods to ripen on the plant to get viable seed. Those white seeds will not grow.  Flag Iris you should be able to split up to make more plants.
  • JacquelinekingJacquelineking Posts: 3
    @fidgetbones thanks for your advice oh it’s a shame they won’t grow hopefully there will be more seed stalks when I check the plant they came detached from.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Jacquelineking said:
    @fidgetbones thanks for your advice oh it’s a shame they won’t grow hopefully there will be more seed stalks when I check the plant they came detached from.
    be careful what you wish for. They can become pretty invasive.
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I would agree - with the ID, and also about them being rather troublesome - to say the least....
    Lovely when they're in an area that suits them, as long as they stay there  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Did the flowers look like these 
    If so agree with Hostafan and Fairygirl... these are the invasive Iris pseudacorus...common name flag iris.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=iris+pseudacorus+seed+pods&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4zonAibXyAhUVhlwKHbmcANsQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=595

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    We had loads of it in a previous garden, but it stayed largely where it was - in pond edges and the wet overflow along the boundary. Anything creeping into the grass got mown off, and the pond was big  enough to cope. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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