Strange new plant

Last post 14-06-2012 6:22 PM by Silver surfer. 8 replies.

• 11/06/2012 10:42 PM
  Bernard Location: West Riding of Yorkshire Joined on: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Reply | Contact Please can anyone ID this? It has turned up in my garden and it has me baffled. I can't place it as either a wild or a cultivated plant. The insert bottom left is the leaves at the base of theflower spike. It could possibly have come from bird seed.

• 11/06/2012 11:15 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact Looks like Tellima grandiflora. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellima . https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Tellima+grandiflora.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ZW7WT6O0GcXT8gOeocyaAw&biw=975&bih=470&sei=cG7WT9KsOtSU8gOp_9GsAw

• 12/06/2012 12:38 AM	In reply to
  AlexS Location: Reading Joined on: 06 Sep 2009 Posts: 499	Reply | Contact To add to Silver Surfer's ID, it's quite likely arrived by self-seeding from a neighbour. They will grow and flourish in all sorts of corners, and self-seed all over the place, which can be a bit of a mixed blessing. So now you've got it, you'll probably soon find it everywhere. Alex

• 12/06/2012 08:53 AM	In reply to
  madmuncher Location: Nottinghamshire Joined on: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 140	Reply | Contact Yes..they do self seed everywhere ......but luckily they are easily weeded out where not wanted and they are not deep rooted so bit of hand weeding or hoe will do the job. I've got them and I love em..not much to look at as such but they do brighten up some bit darker corners and can look quite effective against some darker plants.

• 12/06/2012 09:41 AM	In reply to
  Bernard Location: West Riding of Yorkshire Joined on: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Reply | Contact  Thanks for your replies folks. In fact it occurred to me that it might be a saxifrage so I googled it in images and found it. Tellima grandiflora purpurea, 'Fringe cup flower' from California. I don't know where our bird seed comes from but I see no more of this plant around here. Perhaps I will become a source of distribution if I am not careful.

• 12/06/2012 09:48 AM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact  Tellima grandiflora var. purpurea has reddish-purple or bronze foliage. Your leaves look plain green. Therefore it is probably just plain Tellima grandiflora. I suspect there is a garden somewhere in your area growing it! It is a very common garden plant.

• 14/06/2012 03:59 PM	In reply to
  Bernard Location: West Riding of Yorkshire Joined on: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Reply | Contact  "common" - maybe in your part of the world. I have been gardening in Yorkshire for 60 years and have never seen it before.

• 14/06/2012 04:32 PM	In reply to
  Bernard Location: West Riding of Yorkshire Joined on: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 11	Reply | Contact  ...but I have seen it now - in next door's garden. I am sure it was not there last time I looked, but that could be 2 years ago.

• 14/06/2012 06:22 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact He he! Mystery solved. Now you will be seeing it in every garden, wherever you look.! It is a spreader!