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Kamila3Kamila3 Posts: 2
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Hello, can somebody help me identify the tall purple, salvia looking plants? thank you very much beforehand!

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Third rock from the sunPosts: 29,417
    Hi Kamila. Could it be Linaria purpurea?
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Sheffield, Derbyshire border.Posts: 8,484
    I think you are right ladybird.
    Did they tear it out with talons of steel
    And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel?
    And washed it away as if it wasn't real?
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 1,035
    edited February 2019
    Or Russian Sage? Maybe Petrovskia atriplicifolia Blue Spire?
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  • Kamila3Kamila3 Posts: 2
    Thank you for sharing your ideas with me! I will try planting both in my garden! :)
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Billericay, EssexPosts: 6,047
    There's a pink version of Linaria too called Canon Went and it goes well with the usual purple variety.
    They flower for months if you cut back the old spikes and one of the few tall plants that I don't need to stake.
    They do self seed very freely and seedlings come up everywhere - a welcome weed
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  • JennyJJennyJ DoncasterPosts: 2,609
    I think linaria too.  Perovskia has white/silvery stems and leaves (at least mine does).
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