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  1. Cardinal-Red

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    For those following my journey I'm working my way around the garden identifying what the previous owner was up to.

    I'm now looking at this little thing which has grown massively over the last few weeks:

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    I thought it was a grass of some kind but while examining it I found some stalks presumably from last year that look like this:

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    Over to you experts!

    I need to move it as it's sitting right where I want to plant my Foxglove.
     
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    Hmmm can't make up my mind whether it be Daylily or Montbretia (can't remember the new name).
     
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    Thanks guys.

    I've watered and fed it and put it in a bit more sunshine so will see what it does.

    Do I need to trim or prune it do you think, it's very bushy.
     
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    It was the branching pattern of the flower stalk that convinced me it was Day Lily, rather than Crocosmia (previously known as Montbretia).

    I have Daylilies growing on one of my allotment plots, and my parents grew Montbretia in our garden 50 years ago.

    Daylilies have a much shorter, random branching at the flowering end of the stem, Montbretia have a longer length of flowers with shorter, more regular stems from the main stalk.


    P.S. Sometimes I worry that I can remember the structure of flower stems I picked 50 years ago, but can't remember what happened after drinking some homebrew yesterday evening :scratch:
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      You can tell me to shut up if you like.:biggrin:

      But I'd be very loathed to dig out an established perennial, without first seeing it flower, in order to plant what is a basic five minute wonder like a Foxglove.

      Right, got that off my chest.:)
       
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        @Scrungee ,that's it Crocosmia..thanks for the memory jog..think you're right with the Daylily though.:blue thumb:

        @pete ...Shut up.:rasp:
         
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          No please do not trim it..just relax and wait for the flowers.
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            You, ..... mind your own business, I wasn't talking to you. :rasp:
             
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              Must have meant me, then.

              Shut up! :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
               
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                Well there is an (expensive!) lesson for us all! I thought Foxgloves were perennials.

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                  Some foxgloves are perennials, although they can be short-lived. Others die after having flowered. Most of those in our garden are perennials but I don't know the names.
                   
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                    You can shurrup an' all..:loll:
                     
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                      It seems an extremely well behaved for a Crocosmia or a Hemerocallis (Daylily). I lack a better suggestion though. Do you have a close up of an emerging flower stem?

                      Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) are, strictly speaking, biennials. Some can be shortlived perennials but mostly they just self seed and become a perennial feature of a garden as opposed to a perennial plant. There are some Digitalis species that are reliable perennials though. To name a few of the more common ones;
                      • Digitalis parviflora
                      • Digitalis x mertonensis
                      • Digitalis ferruginea (truly spectacular when mature!)
                      • Digitalis grandiflora
                      • Digitalis lutea
                       
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