Two of my favourites

Hymenocallis Festalis

and the Deinanthe Caerulia, one stem last year, now five, all with buds

 

Hi Liz

Fab plant love the spider petals

Spruce

 

Gorgeous Liz, I have the Hymenocallis well a small bulb sent to me by a friend think it'll be a few years before its flowering size,never heard of the Deinanthe off for a google

 

I love the Hymenocallis as well, do you leave these in the ground over winter?

Val

 

Your Hymenocallis looks fantastic!

How long have you had it?

 

Mine are plunged in pots and come in for the Winter (although that is probably no measure of whether they NEED to!)

 

Yes ,they need frost protection over winter. I have the Festalis, Harrisiana which has smaller flowers with a tiny trumpet, and Sulphur Queen which has a yellow middle. I have had some of them for about 5 years.
The Deinanthe was a lucky buy from rare plants in a sale, it does well in the shady part of my garden. Flowers are lovely but like the Hellebores face downwards.



Picture of last year's flowers.

 

Do you know if yours is white or blue, marley?
I'm so pleased with the blue I've ordered a white one [Deinanthe Bifida] from here:-
https://www.edrom-nurseries.co.uk/shop/pc/home.asp
I've had some lovely plants from them and as they are in Scotland I hope they'll be hardy in Wiltshire.

 

Thats a great site Liz, I'm looking for some more epimediums for our woodland border some beauties on there, thanks for that