I have this growing very very close to a canna rhizome I planted. In fact, I planted 3 rhizomes and each of them happens to have this "thing" growing right next to it.
what is it? here is a full view of one I yanked.
weed or plant?
here is a closeup. notice the red spotting at the base. thanks in advance for your help.
Hmmm well it is plant, of that I am sure- other than that I do not know, but where did you get the canna rhizome? perhaps it came w/ because it was planted next to them? I am not the best at identifying bulb type things. Sorry
no, not with canna. canna was just a rhizome when planted, but it does seem peculiar that all three have the very same UFO ( or should I say UFP) growing next to it.
Do you think it might be Johnson Grass? My luck it would men...
Well that would be Johnson grass on steroids compared to mine, whew hope it's not.
it does sorta resemble nutgrass on steroids
I live by a hay field and it is that big when it gets here.
Well, it's a bulb. Looks kind of interesting. I'd let it grow out and see what happens.
Ceejay, I'm afraid that if I let it be, then I won't be able to get rid of it.
Mitch, I thought yours was a good guess, but hubby says he knows Johnson grass and that's not it. good guess though. I might go to the grass forum and try them also.
Do try the grass forum but go to the ID forum - they know more, or send out Htop (Hazel) a Dave Mail to see if she knwos what it is she has helped me to many times to count!
Put them in a pot, then. Can't go anywhere there. It just doesn't look grassy. It looks bulby.....
Maybe an Allium of some sort?
This message was edited Jun 4, 2006 9:09 PM
hmm. i did plant some alliums in that area.
Vossner,
With the multiple shoots coming out of the bulb and the grasslike foliage - looks kind of like a tuberose rhizome to me as well. Is that a possibility? Leave it in the ground until it blooms and then we'll know! I agree that the foliage looks kind of Allium-like as well but I would think an Allium would have bloomed by now.
Let us know when you identify this plant--the curiosity is killing me.
:)
Are the leaves hollow? Is there any odor to the plant?
I had those or similar to them in my backyard. If left alone they grow tall and do have blooms similar to oat or the grass that I grow for cats (but much taller and bigger). They do have runners and those runners get as thik as my finger! And to pull them out you have to dig them up (that's what I had to do). I would not let them grow any further as they seem to be perrenial and they come back next season from any runners that are still left in the ground. And once you pull them out they break off easily and you end up pulling just as much as you have there on the picture - but the majority of the root system with all those runners is still in the ground and it will keep popping up....I still have a few in my front and back yards..I think the best solution - use a weed killer and spray the thing so it dies with the roots and all.
This plant is pretty invasive, might be some kind of a weed grass... But if you really want to see what it is - I'd agree with person who said: plant it in the pot and see what happens... Good luck!
MitchF glad that I don't live by that field! That would be big enough to send me running into the house!
Anytime that I have been uncertain and left something to grow out I have been sorry; also when I work in other peoples yards and they tell me that the "tree" in the bed just showed up and it looked so interesting...oh yeah it's always some sort of weed that requires dynamite to remove. If you grow it do it the way ceejay suggests, in a pot!
I agree, put it in a pot. ... there is something growing out on it already .... cant wait to see what happens.
The field does make a nice back drop to my garden... looks like you could see long horns out there.
I am sure it is picturesque, more so for certain than the subburban sprawl, sub-division after sub-division!
Yep and gives us loads of little critters I know will be gone when the sprawl hits here... after all I am in Dallas County so I know it will come just a matter of when.
I had something that looked somewhat similiar to your plant (except for the reddish tint). Turned out to be garlic onions (or what they call multiplying onions) bent on taking over my aloe bed. I take them out of there when I see them sneaking back...Your plant looks like it could be in the onion family but really don't know. Would be interested in seeing what kind of bloom it produces.
Do the leaves have any kind of smell to help you with the ID? Barb
no. no smell. I have three. I guess I will pot because I don't want them to be too comfortable in their present location.
thanks to all for your input.
I too thought that they might be garlic onions, but having no odor they probably aren't. Still looking ...
some more of these cropped up. I suspect this is something I planted, but for the life of me I don't remember what it could have been. Here is the bulb
here's another pic of the foliage. It has a reddish color at the base
did you ever let it flower?
This pic is of a grown plant today. I yanked it off the ground in June, thinking it was a weed, but no sure. Somebody recommended that I pot it to see what happened, and that is what I did.
today, as you can see, I have a bunch of green, but not a hint of a flower or any scent. I have never had "weeds" like this in the garden, but also I don't remember planting any such bulbs. A little mystery, to be sure.
it looks like a Daylilly.
yes, it does, very much so, but it isn't. came from bulb as shown in pic posted 10/02 4:35pm
Have you tried to post over in Bulbs and see if they have any ideas... one strange plant.
yes, I am bugging everybody about it, lol.
I had sent everybody on a tailspin, asking for help in IDing this. Steve suggested tuberose.
SteveFortWorth should get the prize, if I had offered one, lol
here is a pic of the flower. Looks like tuberose to me. Very fragrant.
here is the plant. I did not buy this. wonder how it landed in my yard. Look how much it's grown from pic posted on Oct 2 2006, #2780921.
thanks everyone for your help. Now I need to find a nice place for it, since it is a "legit" plant.
vossner, that one with the reddish color at the base looks an awful lot like a caladium that hasn't opened it's leaf yet. Possibly the stap leaf type. Did you plant any caladiums in the last couple of years?
As to the first post, that looks an awful lot like nut grass. Normally I'd say it's too big, but with all the rain we've had, I've pulled some out that were as big as multiplying onions and they're shooting up everywere. It does have an underground runner. Kill it quick if that's what it is!
Vossner, read further, ignore the caladium ID, obviously, since it's a tuberose. That's what I get for not reading the whole thread before posting!
Not a problem crow. I am proud of myself because I held on to the plant for this long. I thought it was some weedy grass and fought hard not to pitch it. But while I haven't bought tuberose, I do remember planting a bunch of bulbs in the area, so my little voice told me to save it.
I am like that too Vossner. If i discover something growing, I am not about to discard it until I see what it is. When everyone helped me move my plants to my new place, I had more pots of NOIDs than I knew what to do with. I had some pleasant surprises too. the last two was a wandering jew and a 4oclock. I still have a big pot of something that smells wonderful, keep forgetting to run it through the group.
I put my little tuberose inground this morning, in a very good spot. A plant that takes such abuse, rain, brutal sun, infreq. watering, needs to be treated w/ dignity from now on.
City Silvia, go ahead, post the pic. Maybe I know what it is.