another common name is lobster claw but cant remember the latin name sorry.

Clianthus is the one known commonly as Lobster Claw - but the leaves on this aren't right for that to be the one.

clianthus is the shrub one isnt it bamboo?

There's two - one's a climber, one's a smaller plant altogether (Clianthus formosus, 2 foot, early flowering)

now im confused.RHS book says heliconia (heliconiaceae) lobster claws
but the picture looks wrong.
last year i grew what your picture looks like in my baskets.i just went outside to my shed(how sad am i)got the label from last years plant and it looks the same but says.....Lotus..Maculatus yellow.
so what is it,have i got the wrong plant altogether.

One of the many plants called Parrot's Beak. The botanical name might be Lotus maculata, or it might be L. berthelotii--they're hard to tell apart by the leaves. They're frost tender perennials from the Canary Islands. If the flowers are a reddish tangerine orange, it's probably L. berthelotii. If the flowers are a mixture of gold and navel orange peel color, it's probably L. maculatus 'Gold Flash'. We use both as temporary color in late spring, and in California they are common perennial color plant. It's going to need good drainage where "the rain, it raineth every day".

Plantmaiden, Heliconia is the latest name for Clianthus (just to make life even more difficult, they keep changing the names). Tugbrethil's right, and so were you, with your second choice.

Lotus berthelotii it is - thanks to everyone for your replies.

found another label berthelotii,i grew both last year.
my god this name change,talk about just trying to confuse you.thanks bamboo for clearing it up.