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cassie.a.stewartcassie.a.stewart Posts: 279
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Sorry if this isnt posted in the right place but can anyone help identify this plant/weed? I've seen quite a lot of it growing in odd places this year and would love to know what it is. It looks like lavender but I dont think it is. Any help please? 

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  • cassie.a.stewartcassie.a.stewart Posts: 279
    Orchidia said:
    https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/linaria-purpurea/

    Thank you! 
  • GardenGrower11GardenGrower11 Posts: 306
    Purple Toadflax. In the past when I was a lot less knowledgeable, I treated it like a weed and pulled most of it up. Thankfully I gave some of it the benefit of the doubt until I found out more, and it continued to self seed.

    It's great for wildlife friendly gardening if you can collect some of the seeds and spread them to the right areas, as well as removing it when it's self seeded in the wrong places.
  • cassie.a.stewartcassie.a.stewart Posts: 279
    GardenGrower11 said:
    Purple Toadflax. In the past when I was a lot less knowledgeable, I treated it like a weed and pulled most of it up. Thankfully I gave some of it the benefit of the doubt until I found out more, and it continued to self seed.

    It's great for wildlife friendly gardening if you can collect some of the seeds and spread them to the right areas, as well as removing it when it's self seeded in the wrong places.
    Great thank you! I've seen it growing a lot on roadsides and cracks in pavements and think its really beautiful and would love to grow some! Can I just sow directly outdoors? 
  • GardenGrower11GardenGrower11 Posts: 306
    @cassie.a.stewart yes it generally self seeds, so if you can collect some seeds from existing plants and scatter them where you want them, then hopefully that will work.
  • arneilarneil Posts: 287
    How do you keep this in your garden ? i was given a plant , it flourished for a year , seeded in another place but this year it is very skimpy and i can't see any seedlings , the bees and other insects love it
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 8,854
    Dunno.  It self-seeds all over the place here and doesn't need any special effort. If I want it in a particular place I just shake the dead flower heads around (or the whole plant if it's a old one that's gone woody at the base and is past its best). If your soil tends to be damp and/or rich it might not like it (mine is sandy and pebbly and very well drained).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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