What am I - any ideas?

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  1. moiraf100

    moiraf100 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi there
    This is something my daughter keeps digging up in her new garden - which is in a right state.
    It's woody, I don't really think it's a bulb though. I really should have cut it in half.
    She's also digging up something similar but smaller which is like lots of little beads strung together. (Might be a younger version?)
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  2. Pro Gard

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    Montbresia (crocosmeia) corms maybe......
     
  3. moiraf100

    moiraf100 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi there
    It's not crocosmia as I have those in my garden.
    We thought about potting up to see what develops :)
    The stem looks woody as well.
    Worried it might be invasive though.
     
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    Hi Moiraf100
    Thats what i would do,you say new garden,do you mean new build or new to her,if it was planted previously it could be something you regret destroying,if its a new to her garden she would be advised to wait and see what grows anyway,most plants would be obvious at this time (late summer),but they could be spring flowering bulbs.
     
  5. Mr_Crocosmia

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    Definately not crocosmia........

    As it has died back i would say it is a spring flowering bulb also!!

    Mark
     
  6. Pro Gard

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    Possibly gladioli corms but should as should crocosmeia be sprouting/ in flower.
     
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    I suppose you're an expert :p:D:thumb:

    Excellent website Mark :thumb:
     
  8. moiraf100

    moiraf100 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi Pam
    The garden is new to her.
    She bought the flat just over a year ago. It's a 50's, 60's build ex council.
    The garden's full of stones and the ground is so hard. You wouldn't believe she rotovated it less than a month ago (although it didn't go down more than a couple of inches)
    Bless her, she has so much to do, apart from the garden.
    The kitchen was a damp mess, with the work surfaces just falling apart, and three layers of lino with wet mould in between the layers :(
    She's just making a start on the garden.
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    I don't think they are bulbs or corms, it looks like a root of a smallish shrub - I'm sure I've seen that strange root nodule formation when I've uprooted old hedges but can't put a name to it.
     
  11. plantlife

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    Interesting... I have no idea! :D Hopefully she can get that garden looking nice and bright though.
     
  12. moiraf100

    moiraf100 Apprentice Gardener

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    Thanks for the input. I'll tell her about this forum as well. :)
     
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    Is this a collective of some type of insect eggs. Did you cut one in half?--what does it look like?
     
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    I`m not being funny Red, but if they are insect eggs-I am moving to amother country. I don`t want to be coming across whatever comes out of those whilst I`m out pruning my bushes


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    I know, but I do think out of the box on occasion.
    Just wondered what bulb clusters around a main trunk.
    As you know, I have tons of bulbs on my property, and they always seem to just fall away from each other if I hit a mother load of them, rather than clinging to a man trunk.
     
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