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imesongillimesongill Posts: 2
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Can anyone identify this bulb I removed from a derelict greenhouse recently  image Sorry for picture alignment

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Eucomis aka pineapple lily.

    Can go outside in sheltered areas as it tolerates a little frost but is best kept frost free over winter if grown in pots.   Feed it when it starts into growth again next spring.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • imesongillimesongill Posts: 2

    Thanks for the reply I have 6 of them they were under the staging in a derelict greenhouse without any care for at least three years when I saw them sprouting I decided the deserved a chance ! 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    What a fantastic find! Lucky you image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Good find.    They'll produce fatter, denser flower spikes if you feed them.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    I planted some corms in pots one year. It self seeded into the gravel on the path and has successfully survived two Scottish winters so far.

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    things do so much better when they seed themselvesimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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