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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: fozzie123 on June 15, 2005, 17:29:47

Title: Plant name please
Post by: fozzie123 on June 15, 2005, 17:29:47
There are two of us in our 'ouse, one of us planted these and the other, namely me, has apparently lost the label!? ??? ??? All I know is that they are bulbs and at present the flower heads are approx 3' tall. Er Indoors will be pleased if you can name this plant.
Thanks  Foz
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Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Palustris on June 15, 2005, 18:15:52
Save your life with the info that your plant is Nectaroscordium siculum subspecies bulgaricum.
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Mrs Ava on June 15, 2005, 18:42:18
Wow, it is a pretty amazing plant with a pretty amazing name!
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Palustris on June 15, 2005, 19:52:21
And a pretty amazing scent ( like a daphne to my mind) and a pretty amazing ability to spread round your garden too.
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Marianne on June 15, 2005, 19:53:57
Wow never seen anything like it !  :o  Very nice indeed.
;)
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: fozzie123 on June 15, 2005, 21:10:56
Thank you all for replies, do not see how label could have got lost it must have been quite large for such a long name!.
Foz
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Obelixx on June 15, 2005, 22:24:21
Hi Fozzie.  It's an ornamental onion and self seeds with gay abandon when happy.  I've got one that's popped up in the pot with my lilium regale so is standing up proud and straight using their support.  The ones I planted out in the garden flop all over the place at the slightest bit of wind.    Still like them though.
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on June 15, 2005, 23:45:45
Mine aren't doing very well this year for some reason, but previously they've been on the way to becoming weeds; they seed like mad any chance they get.
Title: Re: Plant name please
Post by: campanula on June 16, 2005, 09:06:02
i am sure i have heard it called honeybells - astonishing as they whiff more of garlic. fabulous though, aren't they?