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Chris_NChris_N Posts: 29
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When we bought some bedding we thought these plants might blend in nicely with the usual stuff but they had no labels in - could somebody ID the ones on the right for me please.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,830
    The plants on the left (large leaves) look like the bedding-type nicotianas.



    The one with the yellow flowers and succulent-type leaves I don't recall seeing before, but someone will know them



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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,830
    Aha, some googling has come up with this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_grandiflora



    It looks as if it's something along those lines - it says that sparrows like eating the flowers so you'd better top up the bird table to distract them image
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  • Chris_NChris_N Posts: 29

    How did you manage to google that so quick? I've been searching the www for ages and the term 'needle in a hay stack' comes to mind. image

    They're Petunias on the left, not been in that long so a bit smaller than my others at the moment.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,830
    I've worked as a researcher in various fields - it's using a bit of lateral thinking to get the right terms to put into the search engine.



    Ah, petunias - they've got jolly big leaves! image
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