Sisyrinchium ID please

[Brian Ellis]

This weekend we visited 9 very pleasant gardens in Hampshire.  Two were excellent, and in one of the others the lady had this Sisyrinchium, which she had been given.  It was about a foot high and has this fan of flower buds (a bit like a strelitzia).  Can anyone help with an ID please and any idea where obtainable?

[mark smyth]

what a coincidence I saw the same in a Dublin garden at the weekend. Did she say S. palmifolium, Heather?

[Roma]

Could be palmifolium . I have some seedlings but have not seen a mature plant yet.  Seeds are available from Plant World in Devon.


Roma

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks Mark and Roma, having followed your id with a quick Google I think you are on the spot.  I will certainly get some seed, I am intrigued to see them in full flower.

[Maggi Young]

Both Sisyrinchium palmifolium and S. macrocephalum have yellow flowers.... is that correct?

[Roma]

Sisyrinchium palmifolium has yellow flowers. Don't know about macrocephalum.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks to the identification I have been able to find this:

http://www.raybrowns.co.uk/perennial-flower-seeds/schizostylis-to-symphytum/SISYRINCHIUM-PALMIFOLIUM-(Iridaceae)-HP-15+18-in-.html

Now I will definitely have to have one!