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DaintinessDaintiness Posts: 988
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Can anyone identify this plant which is currently flowering in my sister’s garden in Northern Ireland? Second photo shows the leaves. Thanks 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    hesperantha? ( formerly schizostylis )
    Devon.
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    Cyrtanthus elatus (Scarborough lily)?
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Agree with Athelas 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DaintinessDaintiness Posts: 988
    I do too! Thank you very much! 😃
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Must be very mild where you are @Daintiness, for those to be growing outside all year round  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Cyrtanthus elatus  is a new one on me. 
    it's lovely
    Every day is a school day. 
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd never heard of it either, but looked it up when it was mentioned. If I have ever seen it at any point, and checked, I'd have dismissed it for growing here though. It would have to be lifted and brought inside by about October   :)

    I've just realised it's not your garden, but I'm still surprised it's hardy enough in NI. Must be a very sheltered garden   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DaintinessDaintiness Posts: 988
    It must be sheltered as she put it in last summer and it has been in the soil since then. Her husband was given it as payment for a “wee job” he had done. He was told that it was a day lily…
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Plant payments are good,  I’ve got a beautiful Magnolia given to me by my son in law for a job he did at Lanhydrock House. They said to him to take some plants, what ever he wanted.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    edited October 2021
    Hearing about this Scarborough lily for the first time. Does anyone know how it differs from an amaryllis? They look very similar to me. Here is one of them (amaryllis) flowering in my patio now; the same six petal bloom, only the leaves have all disappeared for now. 
    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 :)

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