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A garden flower photo

My gardening knowledge is shockingly poor, I have no idea what these lovely white flowers are, they grow on top of a stone wall in my friends garden.



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Sorry I cant ID these for u MM but their lovely :)

5 Nov, 2008

 

Sorry I don't know, but I'll put a comment here hoping the answer will eventually appear :o)

5 Nov, 2008

 

Very simple form but nice....I, too will check back for identification

5 Nov, 2008

 

They're beautiful and remind me of water lilies, although I'm sure they're not!

5 Nov, 2008

 

Do u think their White Winter Crocuses? :/

5 Nov, 2008

 

Thanks for trying, Jacque could be onto something, they are crocus-like and I wouldn't be surprised if they were bulbs. They're very small flowers (about 12 across), and the foliage is like grass. The underside of the petals have a green stripe like some snowdrops have.

They're spring flowering though, this photo was taken at the end of May.

5 Nov, 2008

 

Very lovely is it something similar to Spiraxsis?????

5 Nov, 2008

 

I can't find Spiraxsis in my RHS book, so I don't know.

I'd ask my friend, but she can never remember the names of all the plants she has (not surprising as she has a large garden with plants squeezed in everywhere).

5 Nov, 2008

 

Maybe Sparaxis alba Madmum.........or Summer snowflake?

5 Nov, 2008

 

It could be Janey!

5 Nov, 2008

 

iv found it in my wildflower book MM its "Greater Stitchwort" :) Type the name in2 Goggle Image search ul see it on there :)

5 Nov, 2008

 

http://www.pottertons.co.uk/pott/view_product.php?pid=1411

Ornithogalum oligophyllum
What do you think? They are lovely, no matter their name, but now I want some!!

13 Apr, 2009

 

Other GoY members have posted pictures of Ornithogalum - Star of Bethlehem is its common name.
http://www.growsonyou.com/genus/Ornithogalum
Take a look.

14 Apr, 2009

 

We have friends who ran a nursery business for years. I forwarded your query, and they say:
"ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem) : one is lanceolanum (with curved tips on the petals) and another is O. montanam with thin pointed petals.
My book says that O. oligophylum "see balansae" which is a slender bulbous perennial with almost prostrate lance shaped, glossy mid-green basal leaves. Shiny white inside petals with green on the underside."

Hope that clears up the mystery - yours seems to be the O. montanum variety.

14 Apr, 2009

 

Thank you so much Elke, that does look right!

15 Apr, 2009



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