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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on September 02, 2013, 18:49

Title: I WANT this flower !
Post by: Kleftiwallah on September 02, 2013, 18:49

This fine flower appeared in a friends garden, and I want it!
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/Kleftiwallah/IMG_4026_zps48f59b2a.jpg) (http://s981.photobucket.com/user/Kleftiwallah/media/IMG_4026_zps48f59b2a.jpg.html)

Can anyone tell me what its name is and how to propagate it?

Cheers and thanks in anticipation,   Tony.

Title: Re: I WANT this flower !
Post by: mumofstig on September 02, 2013, 19:35

Is it a pink Foxtail Lily (Eremurus)  :unsure:

Title: Re: I WANT this flower !
Post by: Kleftiwallah on September 02, 2013, 20:00

Thanks for that Mum, it certainly looks similar but its less than two foot in height.  Those on the web are tall, or very very tall.

Now I have a name I can search for how to save the seeds.   Cheers,   Tony.

Title: Re: I WANT this flower !
Post by: Annen on September 02, 2013, 20:15

Sort of veronica type leaves.

Title: Re: I WANT this flower !
Post by: joolz68 on September 03, 2013, 00:20

Liatris maybe? i have white that look similar  :)

Title: Re: I WANT this flower !
Post by: New shoot on September 03, 2013, 08:37

Yup Liatris spicata  :)

You do see them in the herbaceous perennial sections of garden centres, but they are cheaper to buy as bulbs  ;)  They'll be in the garden centres around January when the summer flowering bulbs arrive.

This is my fave web shop for bulbs. Brilliant value if you want a decent quantity of something  :)

http://www.peternyssen.com/search/liatris