Mystery plant ?

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  1. David M

    David M Seedling

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    A friend gave me this yesterday and we both don't know what it is. Could anyone please name it and how to cultivate ? I think it is perennial.
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  3. Palustris

    Palustris Young Pine

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    Rhodohypoxis baurii. S.African plant treated as a bulb, but it is not really. Perennial. I find it does not survive outside here over even a normal winter. Needs to be kept dry when dormant and watered when the leaves first appear in Spring. Mice adore them.
     
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    carolyn Strong Ash

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    I have never seen one. thanks to both of you. i want one now. it is darling.
     
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    Palustris Young Pine

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    Comes in other colours too in the white to deep red range. There are even double ones.
     

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