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We used to do that as children, although we dipped them in sugar!:D

:dh: It has puzzled me too in the past Peter.. I have brought her seed home & sown it here & it has flowered beautifully, but never any seeds & I have found it the same with a few other plants too.. So of the Jamaican ones I have tried have not produced seeds either.. Sad, but that is why we...

It's all right, Victoria, your welcome too :thumb:. Also Marley and granny are welcome, for giving it a go :luv:

See, Im now obliged to go straight to youtube to listen to YouTube- scissors sisters - comfortably numb.

Weigela florida variagata.:gnthb:

Very good attitude there, whilst its attracting a swarm of bees would be a very good time to walk into the shop with it. No, seriously, good call. We had a carnivorus seed mix that came up with something completly different. We just grew it on and enjoyed it. Marley will tell you what it was,...

Good evening and welcome to the site. As Clara says, we really do need a pic of your problem plant.:thumb:

Bergenia it is then, thanks very much folks! Wayne

The second one with small white flowers looks like something I have in my garden I know it as Grandpas buttons, is Achillea ptarmica its latin name.

Well called Marley, spot on.:gnthb::gnthb:

I am sure Victoria is right. When you said it only flowers every two or three years, my first reaction was that it was a bulb from a hot climate, and not every year has been hot enough for it to flower.

Thanks for the ID

:lollol:thanks for answering. It was a Selinum.I'm having one of those evenings, had to look up Evening Primrose as well :dh:

Wow, you got walnuts. Usually takes 20 old years to fruit, nice one.

Thanks MF thats definetly the one. :gnthb:

Didn't know about that one, looks great, did a job near there some years back, bother. Didn't realise sweet chestnuts have been naturalised for that long. Yeah, sorry about the hijack killingtime, Marley & I just get a bit piratical about plants :lollol:

I'm fairly sure it's not a Laurel, or a Prunus type false laurel. The leaves are in a sort of rosette, which had a flower in the middle earlier in the year by the looks of the seedhead. My candidates were Pieris or Daphne, but I don't think it is either. And my initial thought was...

Definitely looks like Alstromeria. They come in all colours. I don't think you'll have any problem finding some to grow. And they will stand in a vase for 3 weeks min.

Good evening Frisky and welcome to the site. Palustris is spot on. It`s a Sisyrinchium.:gnthb:

Thank you all very much for your replies. Now I can find out how to care for it.