Hi, i have a plant which i bought over 3 years ago from the internet which was supposed to be a Stipa Gigantea. It has never had flowers/plumes and i posted my first GW thread to try and find out why it wasnt flowering. The response from people is that i have a Pampas! and that it maybe going to flower soon, do you agree? The leaves are razor sharp if you rub the wrong way. I have more pics of you would like them. Thanks Kim
Are the flowers of your clematis really only 5cm in diameter? It looks like 'Will Goodwin' but that tends to have much larger flowers. Do let us know if your measurement is right so that we can try to firm up an identification. Thank you,
Your grass definitely looks a lot more like pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) than Stipa gigantea. However, it does look handsome, and it sounds as though you're still quite pleased with it. If you get flowers, you can cut them back in spring and if you fancy doing some propagation, use a sharp spade to divide it in autumn or spring.
These can make a great statement and are much undervalued.
Any idea what this - very blue and slightly prickly - wild flower is?
It was growing along the roads in Åland (Finland), in big blue clumps. I tore this relatively long stem off a bigger, branched plant. Would be so nice to know what it is!
EDIT: I guess it's Blueweed, Echium vulgare, right?
This plant suddenly appeared in a planter, I did empty seeds that didn't germinate from trays in that pot - well I potted it up but not sure what I have, it is only small with lots of little flowers
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Hi, i have a plant which i bought over 3 years ago from the internet which was supposed to be a Stipa Gigantea. It has never had flowers/plumes and i posted my first GW thread to try and find out why it wasnt flowering. The response from people is that i have a Pampas! and that it maybe going to flower soon, do you agree? The leaves are razor sharp if you rub the wrong way. I have more pics of you would like them. Thanks Kim
Hello Daintiness,
Are the flowers of your clematis really only 5cm in diameter? It looks like 'Will Goodwin' but that tends to have much larger flowers. Do let us know if your measurement is right so that we can try to firm up an identification. Thank you,
Emma
Gardening Editor,
Gardeners' World magazine
Hi Daniel, I got these bulbs last year, I would love to know the name please.
Hello Kim,
Your grass definitely looks a lot more like pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) than Stipa gigantea. However, it does look handsome, and it sounds as though you're still quite pleased with it. If you get flowers, you can cut them back in spring and if you fancy doing some propagation, use a sharp spade to divide it in autumn or spring.
These can make a great statement and are much undervalued.
Emma
Gardening Editor,
Gardeners' World magazine
Can I join in?! Dancer2, I think they're Crinum powellii rosea....
I found this plant in a pot full of weeds when we first moved into our house. I repotted it and it has grown into what looks like a small tree
. It is deciduous, the leaves turn red and fall off but I have no idea what it is.
Yes, of course, Bamboogie! I think you're right...
Dancer2, here's a profile of Crinum x powellii: http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/crinum-x-powelli/2779.html
Daniel Haynes
Editor, gardenersworld.com
Any idea what this - very blue and slightly prickly - wild flower is?
It was growing along the roads in Åland (Finland), in big blue clumps.
I tore this relatively long stem off a bigger, branched plant.
Would be so nice to know what it is!
EDIT: I guess it's Blueweed, Echium vulgare, right?
Hello Daniel
This plant suddenly appeared in a planter, I did empty seeds that didn't germinate from trays in that pot - well I potted it up but not sure what I have, it is only small with lots of little flowers
I'm not sure if audience participation is allowed here but that's a corydalis, possibly ochroleuca
In the sticks near Peterborough