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EustaceEustace Posts: 2,003
What are these flowers? They are lovely groundcover plants which I would like to buy. 
Thanks.


Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

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  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    Persecaria. I have some in my front garden. Lovely plant. 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,262
    One of the Persicarias. Beth Chatto has a big range of persicarias, you should find one similar, maybe  Rubies pink.

  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,003
    Thanks for your replies :)
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,562
    edited August 2019
    P.affinis
    Devon.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,591
    Persicaria amplexicaulis Rubie Pink...has flowers that are all deep pink.

    https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/offer/persicaria-amplexicaulis-rubie-s-pink.htm

    While Persicaria affinis has deep pink and pale pink flowers as seen in Eustace pic.

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/persicaria-affinis/
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,645
    Mine start pale pink then mature to red.  The foliage goes red in autumn.  It's a great ground cover plant but it can get tatty in winter.  However, come spring, just remove  the dead leaves with your fingers or a gentle rake, give it a handful of pelleted chicken manure or BF&B and water it in very dry spells and it will be bonny again.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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