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PINK FLOWERING BULB ID PLEASE

JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
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It was a pleasure to see this flowering in November and I thought it was a Nerine but on closer inspection, it isn't ! Can anyone ID it please.

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Hesperantha, easy and lovely, you can get redder ones too :)
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I still know them by their old name Schizostylis. They spread well but seedlings can revert back to their wild colouration. I grow them in our pond margins and have nice pops of red and pinks now, all from one plant originally.
  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    Thankyou Buttercupdays and thevictorian.
    Lovely flowers - new home and every so often something else pops up that I didn't know we had !
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It's one of the few changes where the new name is easier than the old one!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Don’t forget the even older name Kaffir Lilly, changed for obvious reasons.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    nice to have colour at this time of year. will support mine next year to prevent flopping. 
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    When I moved into my present home these flowers popped up, in the autumn. They seed themselves all over the place. At the moment I have the pink ones mixed with some lovely vermillion red ones. They could almost be thought of as weeds in my garden but at this time of year are very welcome. I have always known them as schizostylis, a bit of a mouthful, or Kaffie lilies. I think they are related to gladiolus but am probably wrong on that.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited November 2023
    @JAYJARDIN I think they are related to gladiolus too. The reds are generally earlier in the season. There is a white and also a pink called H Mrs Hegerty. Both of these flowered so late that a frost would spoil them. Now worth the chance with longer milder autumns.
    They like to be lifted and split every couple of years, a chance to remove the old flowering stems which can also be gently pulled out in the spring. They also like fresh soil and are happy to be moved in the spring, a retentive soil in full sun.
    A nice gift to pot up for a gardening friend.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited November 2023
    A few pics below.
    More here...
    https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11713966@N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=Hesperantha&view_all=1

    Hesperantha Snow Maiden.



    Hesperantha  Mollie Gould.



    Hesperantha  Wilfred H Bryant.


    Hesperantha coccinea
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    And Esperanza means hope and I guess it is a bright looking hope for the coming Spring! The coccinea looks Fab, I think I'll have to get some more, it so lovely to have such nice flowers at the end of November ! Thanks everyone for your help.
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