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deliacwarddeliacward Posts: 3
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I have a small dark pink Lily ? It was given to me by a friend who had no idea what it was. It has light green small strap like leaves with a narrow cream edge. It has about three flower heads on each stem which looks like a pixie hat hanging down. It was grown from corms and I have had it for about two years and this is the first flowering. Flowering from about May and has now just finished. Can you please tell me what it is ? Many thanks.


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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Possibly a type of Dierama, but that's a total guess.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    That was my first thought. Is it a bit early for Dierama? 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    They start flowering around now @GardenerSuze. There are some in a neighbour's garden that have been flowering for over a week. Suppose it depends on the weather. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @AnnieD The variegated ones do have a striped edge and the flower colour looks right but unable to count how many petals from photo.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Definitely dierama.  I have 3 in the garden and one in a pot, planted last year.  The 3 in the garden don't seem to have got any bigger and definitely don't look like flowering.  The one in the pot flowered a few weeks ago and the flowers were very like yours.  
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • deliacwarddeliacward Posts: 3
    Many thanks to you all for your help. I think you have solved the problem for me. I may be looking for other Dierama in the future. I am a member of the Hardy Plant Society but my friends there were not too sure what the plant was. Thank you all - enjoy your gardens. Delia.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @deliacward It is also known as Angel's fishing rod but not suitable as a marginal plant near a pond.
    Enjoy HPS, members love growing the unusual and sharing their Knowledge.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • sue4now64sue4now64 Posts: 1
    It still looks more like a Tritonia to me. It hasn’t got the wonderful arched stem of a Dierama.
    This too is a corm.
  • deliacwarddeliacward Posts: 3
    It could also be a Tritonia but thank you all for your replies. At least we have narrowed it down. I’ll send another photo next year when it first blooms. Delia x
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited June 2022
    Are there different types of Dierama because that doesn’t look anything like mine.
    Dierama are easy to grow from seeds. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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