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Forester_PeteForester_Pete Posts: 175
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Any clue to what this is please? I may have planted something like it a few years back but it's spreading in a good clump so would like to make sure it's a friend not foe. No flower spikes visible. Quite soft pliable flat leaves.
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It has the look of carex pendula (usually considered an invasive weed), but I find with those in my garden that CP usually has a red colouration at the very base of the plant just above the roots.
    The roots with runners also looks like CP.

    But see what others think first

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited August 2023
    Just wondered if it could be Kaffir Lily. A long shot but if there is a floer forming possible.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Forester_PeteForester_Pete Posts: 175
    I have CP like this pic elsewhere in the garden, mostly behind the shed but it is not flat like the one from the front garden.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    GardenerSuze said:
    Just wondered if it could be Kaffir Lily. A long shot but if there is a floer forming possible.
    Could be,  mine are showing no signs of buds yet,  they’re very late here.  They do form nice clumps.   I’ve got pink and red which I grew from seeds. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    May be wrong , but resembles Iris foetidissima .
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    The flowers of Kaffir Lilies start to form now and the central stem becomes more rounded. Hesperantha although I remember it as Schizostylis. Some can flower as late as November but not worth while as they catch the frost.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Forester_PeteForester_Pete Posts: 175
    Hesperantha does look a promising candidate. Will hope for some flowers soon then. Thank you.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think @Paul B3 is right
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think @Paul B3 is right too.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited August 2023
    @Forester_Pete Iris foetidissima has a distinctive smell know as the Roast Beef Plant. It is also evergreen and often suffers from rust. There is a shine to the leaf.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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