Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)

oh thats lovely. i had one of them..now u have me thinking where is it?

I dug the ones in the border, out and put them in pots Sandra. I worried that in our clay soil they might rot during a particularly wet winter. They seem to do very well in pots and are good for filling gaps in the border!

im loving this paul and it is like a pineapple isnt it,

Yes, Sanbaz. They're great when they start to emerge and you just see the leaves oin top of the bloom!

This is very eye-catching, Paul.
Well done :o)

do you keep it inside in winter paul

Very unusual and very pretty. I like it.

Tis lovely I now know what to exspect as I bought one the other week and asked for ID thanks Paul

Thanks everyone.
No Sanbaz, no need to keep indoors. I know they look exotic but they are actually very hardy.If you grow them in pots, you could bring them into shelter or maybe put the pot by the house but I have had them in the borders and they survived the winter!
There is another variety that's seen quite a lot Morgana that has a purple/red spot inside the bloom and on the leaves. I have some growing in a pot but they aren't flowering yet. Will upload photo if (hopefully) they flower.
A sad footnote to this comment, I was cleaning the patio/back garden today and as I moved this pot, I broke this only flower stem. As you can imagine, I said " Oh blow" or something similar!!!! It is now in a small glass vase on the kitchen window sill!

Never seen one of these before.. its lovely......

Thanks Paul and what a shame will let you know which one mine is as it has nt flowered yet.

Lovely Paul

I think Paul its the one with red in the middle as I can see little bits of red . Is the flower green with red ?

I suppose it is a little on the green side of white, yes. And sometimes reddish spots on the leaves too!

I will look again thanks

Wow Paul..very impressive

I love these. Sadly they don't love me.

I've only had one flower from six plants this year Andrew. They were in pots so perhaps they're a bit congested so I'll re pot some of them next year!