Hello Gardeners,
I have this plant and no idea what it is. I am fairly sure it is not an agapanthus, but it may belong to that family. Can anyone identify it?
Thanks in advance.
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chant said:
Hello Gardeners,I have this plant and no idea what it is. I am fairly sure it is not an agapanthus, but it may belong to that family. Can anyone identify it?
Thanks in advance.http://img217.imageshack.us/i/whatisitu.jpg/
Wow, I’ve never seen one like it before…I like the succulent behind it too…(:
I used to grow these…. ID coming up soon.
Scilla peruviana or Cuban Lily. Although the one I used to know was sometimes called something like Pride of India or Princess of India… I dunno. I think the Cuban Lily maybe the one.
pain master said:
Scilla peruviana or Cuban Lily. Although the one I used to know was sometimes called something like Pride of India or Princess of India… I dunno. I think the Cuban Lily maybe the one.
Thank you ever so much Pain Master (scary name ;-)). It is in a pot and not living near bush land.
chant said:
Thank you ever so much Pain Master (scary name ;-)). It is in a pot and not living near bush land.
scary name only, not by nature…. I’m glad I could assist. I first remember seeing this plant in the West Tce Cemetery in Adelaide. If you drive in through the main gate, and head left, you will get to Road 5. Off to the left towards the parklands, these plants were propagating their way across the graves and beyond. Has become a garden escapee in the Adelaide Hills too.
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Any idea what this is? It’s come up in a bed that has day lillies and bearded iris. I’ve never seen it before.
AnneS said:
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looks like a lily of sort. may a variety of spider lily?
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
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looks like a lily of sort. may a variety of spider lily?
A mutant Gladi????
bubba louie said:
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
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looks like a lily of sort. may a variety of spider lily?
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A mutant Gladi????
that’s what I thought…but I don’t have any gladis, unless there were some included with the day lily and iris soil; but I’ve I’ve hadthe lillies and iris for about 6 years and this is the first time that this flower as appeared. Very strange
AnneS said:
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triffid.
nice shot tho – the east coast is looking very green.
AnneS said:
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I have no idea what it is Anne but I do like it. When it has babies let me know please.
Arvo my green chicadees :D
The prodigal daughter returns with a plant id (well a seed that is,) question for you. My brother recently came across a jar with these seeds in it, when he was cleaning out Dad’s old shed. The seed is unlikely to viable, bearing in mind that Dad has been dead for 13 years and the seed has a mould growing on it, but I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.
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The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
AnneS said:
Arvo my green chicadees :DThe prodigal daughter returns with a plant id (well a seed that is,) question for you. My brother recently came across a jar with these seeds in it, when he was cleaning out Dad’s old shed. The seed is unlikely to viable, bearing in mind that Dad has been dead for 13 years and the seed has a mould growing on it, but I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.
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</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
a legume of sorts, could it be pigeon pea? you could try growing them out anyway. you never know, one might come up?
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
Arvo my green chicadees :DThe prodigal daughter returns with a plant id (well a seed that is,) question for you. My brother recently came across a jar with these seeds in it, when he was cleaning out Dad’s old shed. The seed is unlikely to viable, bearing in mind that Dad has been dead for 13 years and the seed has a mould growing on it, but I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.
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</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
a legume of sorts, could it be pigeon pea? you could try growing them out anyway. you never know, one might come up?
nah, the pods look different.
bluegreen said:
nah, the pods look different.
so does the pea (from what I remember from when I used to sell bags of pigeon peas when we had the shop
AnneS said:
I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.<left>
</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
Have you tried crushing a seed or two?
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.<left>
</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
Have you tried crushing a seed or two?
Looks for all the world like radish.. , definitely Cruciferae try chewing some.. they’ll taste like radish or at least they do while they are green peas.
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.<left>
</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
Have you tried crushing a seed or two?
No not yet. We were thinking it might not be a vegie (although that would be unlikely; my Dad was more grew vegies rather than ornamentals. Think I will still sow some (as blugreen also suggested). Got nothing to lose :)
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:I would be interested to get an id because I have never come across them before.<left>
</left>The seed is 3mm in diameter and the pods are between 3-4cm.
Would be interested to see what you think.
Have you tried crushing a seed or two?
Looks for all the world like radish.. , definitely Cruciferae try chewing some.. they’ll taste like radish or at least they do while they are green peas.
Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
AnneS said:
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:Have you tried crushing a seed or two?
Looks for all the world like radish.. , definitely Cruciferae try chewing some.. they’ll taste like radish or at least they do while they are green peas.
Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
AnneS said:
AnneS said:
roughbarked said:Looks for all the world like radish.. , definitely Cruciferae try chewing some.. they’ll taste like radish or at least they do while they are green peas.
Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
;) polishes fingernails on shirt to gaze upon my reflection.. ;)
roughbarked said:
AnneS said:
AnneS said:Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
;) polishes fingernails on shirt to gaze upon my reflection.. ;)
Oh you’re handy to have around…!
roughbarked said:
AnneS said:
AnneS said:Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
;) polishes fingernails on shirt to gaze upon my reflection.. ;)
ROFL!
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
AnneS said:and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
;) polishes fingernails on shirt to gaze upon my reflection.. ;)
Oh you’re handy to have around…!
;) been trying to tell Mrs rb that for decades.. don’t think she fully believes me but she hasn’t kicked me out fully, yet..
roughbarked said:
AnneS said:
AnneS said:Ah! That makes sense thanks roughbarked. Dad used to grow radishes quite a bit
and the gong goes to roughbarked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radish
;) polishes fingernails on shirt to gaze upon my reflection.. ;)
While patting oneself on the back no doubt. Clever man.
My daughter is moving house in a few weeks and would like to take cuttings of this shrub as it was origisoftnally given to her as a gift and lived for many years in a pot. Neither of us know what the shrub is and thought an ID would help me work out what type of cutting to take (ie softwood, semi hardwood or hardwood).
Any advice appreciated
it looks like a ficus to me, possibly Benjamina. If so it will strike from cuttings readily.
Ficus. I think they grow anywhere and will grow from a cutting.
bluegreen said:
it looks like a ficus to me, possibly Benjamina. If so it will strike from cuttings readily.
cool..actually benjamina rings a bell. Knew you lot would know…clever things :)
Eeeeeek.
You’re a braver person than me, to put a ficus in the ground. It’ll get bigger than your house.
A ficus for sure. Hope she has a big, big yard to grow it in.
Bubba Louie said:
Eeeeeek.You’re a braver person than me, to put a ficus in the ground. It’ll get bigger than your house.
And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
Muschee said:
Bubba Louie said:
Eeeeeek.You’re a braver person than me, to put a ficus in the ground. It’ll get bigger than your house.
And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
And with a ficus in a pot, you can prune their tops and their roots from time to time. Like a massive Bonsai. But be careful. I once had a big ficus in a pot, and one day when I went to move it, a 3 inch diameter root had busted out of the bottom hole and into the pavers underneath!
pain master said:
Muschee said:
Bubba Louie said:
Eeeeeek.You’re a braver person than me, to put a ficus in the ground. It’ll get bigger than your house.
And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
And with a ficus in a pot, you can prune their tops and their roots from time to time. Like a massive Bonsai. But be careful. I once had a big ficus in a pot, and one day when I went to move it, a 3 inch diameter root had busted out of the bottom hole and into the pavers underneath!
We had our problems with one in a pot also. Just recently in fact. Found it had sent out a root into the ground like PM’s. In a huge pot, we weren’t sure how on earth we were going to get it and all the roots out. It lay on it’s side for a couple of months but leaves started to appear again. D stood it upright and I filled it with water. The drainage hole must be completely sealed again. I’ve kept it filled (with water) because we are hoping that it will rot of it’s own accord. I know they don’t mind the dampness but will it eventually rot the thing to death? I want to reuse the beautiful pot it’s in.
pain master said:
Muschee said:
Bubba Louie said:
Eeeeeek.You’re a braver person than me, to put a ficus in the ground. It’ll get bigger than your house.
And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
not my tree….daughter had it in a pot for many years, but then decided to plant it out. She was given it as a thank you give by a local cricket team when she used to score for their matches. It is therefore known affectionately in the family as “The cricket tree”. She wants me to try to propagate from it to take to her new house when she moves at the beginning of Feb. I will suggest that she keeps it in a pot if I succeed in propagating it :)And with a ficus in a pot, you can prune their tops and their roots from time to time. Like a massive Bonsai. But be careful. I once had a big ficus in a pot, and one day when I went to move it, a 3 inch diameter root had busted out of the bottom hole and into the pavers underneath!
AnneS said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
not my tree….daughter had it in a pot for many years, but then decided to plant it out. She was given it as a thank you give by a local cricket team when she used to score for their matches. It is therefore known affectionately in the family as “The cricket tree”. She wants me to try to propagate from it to take to her new house when she moves at the beginning of Feb. I will suggest that she keeps it in a pot if I succeed in propagating it :)And with a ficus in a pot, you can prune their tops and their roots from time to time. Like a massive Bonsai. But be careful. I once had a big ficus in a pot, and one day when I went to move it, a 3 inch diameter root had busted out of the bottom hole and into the pavers underneath!
Arvo all,
Not long arrived home after a weekend training new Guide leaders. Some leaders went for a walk and came across this shrub/tree. Anyone know what is it is please?
AnneS said:
Arvo all,
Not long arrived home after a weekend training new Guide leaders. Some leaders went for a walk and came across this shrub/tree. Anyone know what is it is please?
I’m no help. I’ve no idea.
Fruit reminds me of Pittosporum.
roughbarked said:
Fruit reminds me of Pittosporum.
ditto
Evening. I thought Pittosporum too, but the fruit was about the size of the palm of your hand. Does Pittosporum fruit get that big?
AnneS said:
Evening. I thought Pittosporum too, but the fruit was about the size of the palm of your hand. Does Pittosporum fruit get that big?
Apparently so: Pittosporum_revolutum 
Here are a few to look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittosporum
AnneS said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:And dig up your paving and other stuff…so be careful.
All my ficus are in pots and they do look fab
And with a ficus in a pot, you can prune their tops and their roots from time to time. Like a massive Bonsai. But be careful. I once had a big ficus in a pot, and one day when I went to move it, a 3 inch diameter root had busted out of the bottom hole and into the pavers underneath!
not my tree….daughter had it in a pot for many years, but then decided to plant it out. She was given it as a thank you give by a local cricket team when she used to score for their matches. It is therefore known affectionately in the family as “The cricket tree”. She wants me to try to propagate from it to take to her new house when she moves at the beginning of Feb. I will suggest that she keeps it in a pot if I succeed in propagating it :)
hortfurball said:
Anne, out of curiosity, did daughter warn whoever took over the house where this ficus was in the ground that it was a monster in disguise? If she hasn’t moved yet, perhaps it should be dug out while it’s still possible, IF it’s still possible.
Sorry it has taken so long to reply. No she didn’t tell the new owners, but they are apparently renovating straight away and quite a lot of the garden will be removed.
AnneS said:
hortfurball said:Anne, out of curiosity, did daughter warn whoever took over the house where this ficus was in the ground that it was a monster in disguise? If she hasn’t moved yet, perhaps it should be dug out while it’s still possible, IF it’s still possible.
Sorry it has taken so long to reply. No she didn’t tell the new owners, but they are apparently renovating straight away and quite a lot of the garden will be removed.