I thought monbretia had flattened round corms
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I agree - whatever those roots are, they aren't montbretia.
Just looked back to the previous page. Whatever those leaves are, they're not montbretia either.
are they these?
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9250/Iris-foetidissima/Details
That was my first thought, Nut.
Do those leaves and the roots go together do you think landgirl? They don't look like a pair to me but maybe I've lost my way here
Yes, mine do look like iris-foetidissima, the "stinking" iris your link shows.
After someone earlier suggested Montbretia I googled them and saw something with red berries that looked a bit like my mystery iris-like plant.
I then dug up several more plants which had both the leaves and roots in my two photos but this time attached to each other.
whilst the leaves and the root do clearly belong together I guess my mistake is In wrongly attributing both to the wrong name.
i just don't know enough about plants to recognise wrong information. Thanks for everyone's help.
However, I did also dig up today these clusters of corms. Are those Montbretia?
Hi Birdy, yes, you've found the montbretia
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I thought monbretia had flattened round corms
In the sticks near Peterborough
I agree - whatever those roots are, they aren't montbretia.
Just looked back to the previous page. Whatever those leaves are, they're not montbretia either.
In the sticks near Peterborough
are they these?
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9250/Iris-foetidissima/Details
In the sticks near Peterborough
That was my first thought, Nut.
Do those leaves and the roots go together do you think landgirl? They don't look like a pair to me but maybe I've lost my way here
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes, mine do look like iris-foetidissima, the "stinking" iris your link shows.
After someone earlier suggested Montbretia I googled them and saw something with red berries that looked a bit like my mystery iris-like plant.
I then dug up several more plants which had both the leaves and roots in my two photos but this time attached to each other.
whilst the leaves and the root do clearly belong together I guess my mistake is In wrongly attributing both to the wrong name.
i just don't know enough about plants to recognise wrong information.
Thanks for everyone's help.
However, I did also dig up today these clusters of corms. Are those Montbretia?
Hi Birdy, yes, you've found the montbretia
In the sticks near Peterborough