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What is this plant?

TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
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What is the strappy plant in the photo? It is growing all over the flower beds in this garden...






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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It may be carex pendula, a weed.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    No, it's not sedge. I've dug a lot of that up so I'm very familiar with that one! This one has softer strappy leaves like a daffodil but thinner and smaller. I don't think it's spanish bluebell either...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Does it have bulbs, or just roots? If bulbs it might be Muscari, grape hyacinth. That spreads around in areas with conditions that suit it (not so much here, I think the dryness keeps it in check). Or one of the weedy alliums, if it has an oniony spell when you crush the leaves.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    It could be several things but can you wait to see how it develops or do you already have plans for that area? It could be Kaffir Lily (Schizostylis or Hesperantha) in which case you'll probably want to keep it. 
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Do the leaves smell garlicky/oniony when crushed?  If so I think it’s allium triquetrum … the Three-cornered Leek. It’s an introduction from Mediterranean regions, and a real nuisance. I have it all over a large front border… but, you can get your own back … it’s edible and a tasty replacement for chives, spring onions, leeks etc and great in Chinese stirfry dishes. 

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





  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I wondered if it could be grape hyacinth/muscari. If it is happy it can be a nightmare to clear. You would have some more mature clumps in the garden if that is correct. Is the leaf flat?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited March 2023
    Is it a new garden.  If so leave for 12m and observe.

    Though it's quite plentiful so you could remove some.  But you didn't say what you wanted to do with it/the bed.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Looks like Grape Hyacinth,  they get their leaves long before they flower,    Blue bells are not showing yet.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Lyn said:
        Blue bells are not showing yet.
    Time will tell.

    Hyacinthoides non scripta our native blue bell.
     28th Feb 2023....Leaves here in local wood just emerging.
    Hope it is not Allium triquetrum..as Dove says crush and smell leaves for onion scent.
    Probably Muscari..grape hyacinths...can be very invasive.

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    I don’t think it’s muscari, but there is some of that in the garden elsewhere.

    Here’s another photo. Notice the leaves have a little rivet in the middle.

    The garden owner said it might be some sort of wild leek. I crushed a leaf but didn’t think it had any particular smell. It grows from tiny bulbs (I dug some up to check).


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