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Can you identify this plant please?

raymond53831raymond53831 Posts: 10
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Morning all.   I bought these plants from Aldi last summer and as usual I don't have the info tag and can't remember the name. They flower as in the picture then when the blooms die off you trim it back and get a second flourish although not as good as the first. Trying to find them as seeds or plugs. Not the best picture and might be able to doctor it if necessary. Thank you all in advance.  

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,053
    edited April 2020
    cineraria
    Devon.
  • raymond53831raymond53831 Posts: 10
    Thanks Hostafan1.  Was hoping I would recognise the name and that doesn't ring any bells but certainly looks like that is what they are.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,408
    Easy to grow from seed.
    I sowed some last autumn, just so that I could have some to brighten up indoors now, when we often can get dismal weather. Got some pots on the windowsills and more waiting in the greenhouse. :)

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,716
    Probably wrong, but look like Senetti to me.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,145
    I think Senetti too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV8bW3GtzBs 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • raymond53831raymond53831 Posts: 10
    Bingo. That name is familiar so confident that is correct. Thanks all.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,116
    Is cineraria not that grey stuff?

    I thought it looked like Senetti or something similar too. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,448
    edited April 2020
    Old v new names.
    Quote Shoot gardening........

    Botanical name

    Pericallis x hybrida 'Senetti Deep Blue' (Senetti Series)

    Other names

    Florist's cineraria 'Senetti Deep Blue', Senecio cruentus 'Senetti Deep Blue', Pericallis x hybrida 'Sunsenedibu' 

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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