Garden news.
We have this plant in the front garden,right against the house called a Crinum. It throws up spikes of flowers, dozens of them. Big,beautiful blooms, and then dies back for the year.
Here are a couple of Dad's photos.
This plant flowers at an alarming rate!
It is a member of the lily family, and this one is about 4 feet tall.
22 comments:
Since I only grow vegetables, I appreciate the fabulous pictures of your dad's flowers.
Z is a sensible person! I think that they are of the species triffidus dionea muscipulus. Do they go "walk-abouts" at night?
Are they also known as painted ladies John
We had similar but we've lost the flowers and just have the leaves. Ours have a peculiar smell = like pear drops.
As always John, photos of your garden always make me smile :-)
What BEAUTIFUL Blossoms, JG....This is a spectacular plane! I don't think I've ever seen it before, knowingly, that is....Your father really has the green thumb, doesn't he..?
Set a triffid on Keith!
Gorgeous lilies, thank you to you and your Dear Dad for sharing
Huggles
fatboy, i've checked and the only painted ladies I can find are butterflies and tattooed women!
John I have also been doing some checking and it appears that I am talking bollocks,it's pink ladies according to mother and the plants proper name is Nereens.I do apologise for being a twat,but then What would we do without them?
They aren't nerines, because they flower on bare stalks. The leaves grow in spring and then die back during the summer. Also, they don't grow as tall as 4 feet.
I do grow some flowers.
I'm back, having a little shuffty and thought I'd better leave a comment so that you don't send me anymore sulky emails!!!:) xxx Lovely lovely lilies.
Your last post made me laugh!
They look a bit like a plant that we illegally brought back from Madeira (long story) when on our honeymoon - many years ago, called an agapanthius....
Gorgeous!
I don't think they're agapanthius - my wilderness has many.
My folks have a dear friend who calls them agathapanthius
Now Nerines ring a bell. John have a smell and see if it's pear drops please.
Oh, hell, ive started an arguement! Please carry on amongst yourselves!!
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/crinum.htm
Try this web site to confirm!
You were right in the first place John.
I looked it all up too to be sure before I said nerines flower on leafless plants. Agapanthus are usually blue to lilac or white, not true pink.
My Lily is just a foot tall.
Enough for you to pee up Murph!
Since I know absolutely nothing about plant names I can't join in but I did enjoy the photos. It makes up for the dearth of colour in my garden.
I have a huge sunflower on the allotment...
Mutley, you could make some oil...
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