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pot-manpot-man Posts: 140
This was on gardeners world program Friday, purple leaves orange flowers 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,348
    edited August 2019
    I love it, and so do all the bees/hoverflies, but the slugs annihilate the foliage every year. The foliage is stunning when it first emerges, then becomes a lace doily.  :/

    The flowers are more gold than orange - great contrast with the foliage  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,452
    edited August 2019
    I have this ligularia slugs do munch on some of the leaves but its not to bad , the foliage on mine is no where near as dark as this more of a dark green at the moment. The flowers are a lot nicer than I thought, I did originally buy it for the foliage though .  
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,348
    It should like this [ both pix taken last year when the slugs left it alone a bit more than usual! ] and the top of the foliage becomes a little greener as time goes on


    You can see the plum undersides on this pic taken late July



    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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