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Can anyone help identify this plant

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spottysocks Fri 07-Aug-20 14:58:22
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We have a couple of these strap like plants that have sprung up in the garden, we have dug these bulbs up and we are carefully tending them but we don't know what they are, ideas anyone?

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kittylester Fri 07-Aug-20 15:16:39

Possibly montbretia/crocosmia?

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SpringyChicken Fri 07-Aug-20 15:21:13

Crocosmia is a definite possiblity, as Kittylester suggests.

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tanith Fri 07-Aug-20 16:15:05

I agree .

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geekesse Fri 07-Aug-20 16:15:16
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You say you dug the bulbs up, so you know what they look like? This is a Crocosmia corm.

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spottysocks Fri 07-Aug-20 16:47:18
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This is what mine looks like.

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spottysocks Sun 09-Aug-20 11:53:45

Thank you smile I'll look forward to them flowering.

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Fennel Sun 09-Aug-20 16:24:21

I love that plant - we have some in our tiny back garden and I could hardly wait until the bright orange flowers came out.
Which they did about 2 weeks ago.
Some say they're a bit like weeds but they're so strong that they suppress the weeds and are so cheeful.

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farview Sun 09-Aug-20 16:30:43

If it is crocosmia....it may be crocosmia Lucifer...the leaves look a bit too wide to be the orange one...

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Mapleleaf Sun 09-Aug-20 22:35:52

Could they be gladioli?

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farview Mon 10-Aug-20 10:40:32

Yes could be gladioli..or flag iris..

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