Long shot plant ident

Andy163

hey Guys

im hoping there’s someone out there that can tell me what this is. I know it’s a long shot as it’s not in flower but I think flowers from spring-summer on a stem 30-50cm height with clusters of white/yellow flowers.

leaves turn a bit black as the season ends.

have got the in the garden but seems to be getting a bit much. Should I divide in the spring?

Hope you can help

sorry cant work out how to rotate the pics.

Andy

Dovefromabove

Sisyrinchium striatum 

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1838

Mine's going to be divided in the spring.

Last edited: 02 November 2017 14:27:58

Andy163

Great thanks for the response.

havent Divided it before but looks like the type of plant that just pulls apart replacing just one of the different layer groups.

Dovefromabove

I'm going to dig mine up, discard the centre of the clumps which are the older plants, and replant the ones from around the edge.  I find it self-seeds readily too so there are several little "replacements in waiting"  

They look very scruffy when the leaves start to go black after flowering, so I chop them back at that stage ... they soon grow lots of new leaves which still go black eventually but they do stay looking better for longer. 

nutcutlet

I do as Dove, let them seed and discard the old black ones

Guernsey Donkey2

We have them growing around our new pond, the flowers aren't that exciting, but they add colour and texture to the area.

Andy163

Thanks for all the info. We’ll see how it all goes in the spring.