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plant id please

SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 253
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Hello, i brought some plants for my hanging baskets but i cant remember what this one is. Does anybody know?  :)
 
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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,121
    edited July 2018
    Not really my kind of plant , but maybe a Mimulus ?
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 253
    Maybe but i'm not sure, I think i'm going to have to wait until it flowers, then see if it jogs my memory.
    Thanks anyway Paul  
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Could it be a Fuchsia?  Often sold for hanging baskets etc.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 253
    I don't think its a Fuchsia.
    Fuchsia buds hang down don't they? I don't know though it could be.
    The top photo is the flower buds. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,119
    Reminds me a bit of a plectranthus ... but there are lots of different ones and I only know a few ......... 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Sunflower26 said:
    I don't think its a Fuchsia.
    Fuchsia buds hang down don't they? I don't know though it could be.
    The top photo is the flower buds. 
    Oops!  I missed the buds completely!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,119
    BobTheGardener said:
    Sunflower26 said:
    I don't think its a Fuchsia.
    Fuchsia buds hang down don't they? I don't know though it could be.
    The top photo is the flower buds. 
    Oops!  I missed the buds completely!
    So did I!   Scrub plectranthus suggestion. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,121
    Looking at the leaves and buds again today , I'm still opting for Mimulus , probably M.guttatus .
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 253
    Its finally flowered  :)



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    Failure is always an option.

  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,121
    Not 'well-up' on annuals ; maybe some kind of Salpiglossis ?
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