Getting large leaves now

Wow! That's amazing and looks so healthy - almost makes you want to eat it!!

But what is it?????????????????/

Is it a lily???????? :-)

I cannot believe you have not told us what this is, how much longer do we have to wait Mushy?

DD

OK i give in i'll tell you what it is ..Its a...............Oh the phones ringing must answer that will have to tell you later.........:o)))))))))))))

You little devil......you!!!

OK OK
You were right DD when you said i had forgotten.......
If you remember i did say right at the start what is it ? because i didn't know..hehehehehe
But having asked my mother has told me its Crinodenderon but i'm not so sure
as she has lost all her marbles now poor dear..

You're pullin' me wooden leg!!! Don't look much like a crino to me, even wi' the hookerianum suffix! An', don' tell me anything about losin' marbles! :-)

Oh, I love those leaves, whatever they belong to!!

David ...sorry should have known better than to listen to dotty dear old mother..!!

Having checked out the goypedia & RHS can say its ....Drum roll please........... .............................
it is an Acanthus

Well done DD2.................:o))))

If it 'is' an Acanthus, i hope you love it, because it's the absolute devil to get rid of if you don't.
It took me almost 3 years to finally get rid the one that was here, when i moved in.

Its in a pot so no worries there..

Ahhh, very wise, Mushy :-))))

Well Mushy I have to come clean OH helped me with that one, I looked at ours in the garden and wondered if it might be, then OH agreed with me.....

Mushybanna:

Is this an Acanthus mollis? If it is...you're lucky you have it in a pot.

I have horrible memories of trying to eradicate this plants when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's also a snail haven! : > )

We have all this to come, ours is only a baby, and a baby it will stay lol

Now, I'm gonna confess i no nothing about this plant other than it was in my mum's garden when i saw it, is quite large with big leaves, which is why i was attracted to it .
She has had it a few years now and it hasn't spread any where ,it dies off in winter and comes back with a little one next to it but still hasn't gone any where..
Perhaps it is a different variety ?

Mushybanna:

Acanthus mollis grows to a very large plants here in California. It grows just the opposite as it does there...growing very quickly and blooming in winter and going semi-dormant in summer. However, it does have a tuberous root-system which can spreads very quickly. The flower spikes can grow very tall: to more than 8 feet / 2.5 meters tall.

I'm not familiar with any varieties...however, it's very possible there's some dwarf forms.

Acanthus Spinosus (AGM) and Mollis are the ones usually grown here.It can be divided and will only take over if you let it, we never had a problem with it in the Midlands so I am not expecting one here.......a great architectural plant.

Dottydaisy2:

It looks good in someone yard...just not mine. lol!

I grow so many genera in the Acanthaceae family (Acanthus family) though. It's my favorite flowering plant family. The genera I grow are: Megaskepasma, Crossandra, Mackaya, Pachystachys, Odontonema, Thunbergia, Justicia, Ruellia, Strobilanthes and Aphelandra.

You have covered a good selection there, have you a large garden?

Dottydaisy2:

It's pretty large...however, not large enough! : > )

The front yard is larger than the back but there's a very tall 80+ ft/25+ meters Norfolk Island Pine - Araucaria heterophylla, a 50 ft/16 meters tall Jacaranda tree with the same spread and a 35 ft./ 11 meters tall Magnolia grandiflora. I have several pics of my garden posted on GoY.

Must have a look Delonix.......those trees are pretty dam big!!!

Dottydaisy2:

Yes, they are...however, the Norfolk Island Pine is still a baby -- as it can grow to 200 feet / 61 meter tall here in coastal California.

The Jacaranda trees in San Diego, CA. started blooming about 3 weeks ago...however, mine hasn't bloomed yet...maybe in a week or so -- it's full of buds now.

Will look out for the photo Delonix.......