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janleaver

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What is it ?
« on: May 25, 2007, 20:59:03 »
Can anyone help me, weeding the garden today found a small patch of these (photograph below) under a large area of Iris's.   What plant do they grow into.   Jan.






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Re: What is it ?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 21:14:06 »
god, they're wierd, triffids ?  ;D
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flowerlady

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Re: What is it ?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 21:15:50 »
That's a cyclamen  ;)  But you will have to wait to see which kind  :D
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Re: What is it ?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2007, 21:39:47 »
Beat me to it Flowerlady, but then you should know eh?  ;)
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janleaver

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Re: What is it ?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2007, 22:09:41 »
Thanks - will have to move them I would never see them grow under all the iris's, in the corner of my garden.   They really do look like nothing I have ever seen before.    Do I just move them on to the top of the earth as they are now or do I plant them into the soil - Just wondered.  Thanks again.       Jan    :-[
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Re: What is it ?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2007, 22:51:14 »
Those are the seed heads. The stem coils down, and eventually releases sticky, sweet-tasting seeds, which are carried away by ants. They ripen about a year after the plant flowers.
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