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What is this I have just found growing at base of a prunus please?

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If it's appeared out of nowhere, it maybe carex pendula - which most would consider a weed.
    But there are many similar-looking plants so see what others think.

    Billericay - Essex

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I'd say Iris, possibly foetidissima if it's self seeded. 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    I'll add my vote for the iris foetidissima. Horrible name, lovely plant with orange berries in autumn.
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thankyou everyone for your comments. When does it flower? If it is an iris foetidissima xx I’ll wait and see what happens. Will it die Back over winter? 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    mine has flowered and the huge seed pods are swelling, They are the best bit, lbright orange seed coats that last well as house decs. Evergreen leaves


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    They are very useful for growing in difficult dry shade. Mine are almost a nuisance though, always seeding themselves, but they are easy to pull up. Yours looks young so it will flower next year.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • They are evergreen flower in mid-late Spring if my memory serves me right. Flowers are a lovely delicate yellow/brown, quite subtle but the seeds, when the pods split, are gloriously orange and last most of the winter ageing down to dark red
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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Pics to illustrate.

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    The colour of the flowers depends on the variety. Mine are yellowish but they can be blue.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I would not call Iris foet. evergreen.  Ever-manky would be more accurate.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
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