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Plant ID help please

FireFire Posts: 19,096
edited June 2022 in Problem solving
A neighbour has these strappy leaves coming from under his planter. The bulbs are possibly the same - I'm not sure. Not flowers seen. Sited in full shade.

His photos are not great, but all I have. The leaf and bulbs have no scent. Any thoughts? Thanks



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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    crocosmia?

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think it's montbretia. They don't flower yet, later in the summer.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Would anyone plant crocosmia in full shade?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2022
    Yes I agree … crocosmia. Used to be known as montbretia. 
    The corms can form on top of each other almost like a chain. 

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





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Fire said:
    Would anyone plant crocosmia in full shade?
    Probably why it's not flowered

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Thanks. I'll see what Mike says.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think Montbretia is the old name for crocosmia. It will grow in part shade. Maybe the person who planted it didn't know much about gardening.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Perhaps the corms were there before a solid fence was erected?. A lot of gardens had chain link back garden fences back in the day. Crocosmia can live for years. 

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





  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    They do fine in dappled shade and still flower but in deep shade you will just get green leaves and likely no flowers. We have them in our local woods from some that were dumped and they don't flower either.
    If you walk in the lake district pretty much anywhere in the late summer/autumn, you will see loads of these in the ditches and random back lanes from where there were houses everywhere. They seem to persist for a very long time.
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