~ Star of the Veldt ~
Well this is what my mother always calls it but I think that is an orange large daisy like flower.
Still that's what we call it so until I know different that's what it is!!!
~ Star of Bethlehem ~
This seems more like it: Ornithogalum umbellatum
Another plant transferred from my parents' garden in Devon; they do better there but cope with Hampshire clay and of course only open in the sunshine.
Well this is what my mother always calls it but I think that is an orange large daisy like flower.
Still that's what we call it so until I know different that's what it is!!!
~ Star of Bethlehem ~
This seems more like it: Ornithogalum umbellatum
Another plant transferred from my parents' garden in Devon; they do better there but cope with Hampshire clay and of course only open in the sunshine.
I've been trying to ID this flower as well--we used to find it growing wild in meadows and roadsides. I thought it was Star of Bethlehem, but that one seems to have a "branching" shape whereas these are grassier. Also, do yours have an odd oniony smell? Ours did!
ReplyDeleteSorry DC that I didn't get to reply before; these are quite squat, about 6" tall and have small white bulbs with tiny ones breaking off. I think you are right about the oniony smell too. They spread like wildfire and I am actually trying to curtail them at the moment as they were encroaching onto the newly turfed lawn!!
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