ID please IDd by Daisy as Libertia grandiflora

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ID please IDd by Daisy as Libertia grandiflora
« on: May 21, 2012, 06:13:56 PM »
I saw these two varieties of the same plant recently and think they are Libertia? but am trawling way back in my memory! I think they might do well in Mediterranean climates and if so would be keen to have them
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2012, 06:18:27 PM »
Sorry! repeat! Hopefully here is other
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Re: ID please
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2012, 06:46:05 PM »
It does look like Libertia grandiflora, but be warned. I had it in my garden in Cornwall and it became a absolute pest!
It seeded into everything, with gay abandon. :o
It used to take me hours just to clear it's offspring from just a small area.
It may behave differently in a mediterranean climate. Perhaps someone who has grown it in a dryer garden can tell you.
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Amateur gardener, who has gardened in Surrey and Cornwall, England, but now has a tiny garden facing north west, near the coast in north east Crete. It is 300 meters above sea level. On a steep learning curve!!! Member of both MGS and RHS