having trouble identifying a plant
Hello I wonder if anyone can help me identify this plant. I've posted a picture on the Facebook page that this forum is linked to. It is about 50cm high it's spread like anything and in the summer it takes over. In winter it dies down. Has tall individual stems with several lots of pink flowers. 5 petals each. I think they could be stocks but I'm not sure. Many thanks Kit
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Hello kit7 - is it possible to post your picture on this forum by using the green tree symbol on the toolbar? I'm sure someone on here will be able to help you then.
I can't find it Kit, I'm not experienced on facebook
In the sticks near Peterborough
From your description I'm wondering if it could be soapwort. I'm still trying to get rid of soapwort I inherited when I moved in
Soapwort Runnybeak? It's pretty but it was more or less the only thing I had apart from some shrubs with soapwort growing up through them
Can't see any link to Facebook?
The leaves look like saponaria to me, so does the description of its behaviour
In the sticks near Peterborough
It looks like Saponaria to me too - our neighbours let it roam over their back garden - we're trying to stop it invading ours - we're being fairly successful so far but we have to be vigilant.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
For me it's too persistent in that new plants grow from the tiniest bit of root you leave behind and it's really difficult to get the main root out completely. I have it in both front and back gardens. In the front it's in a border alongside the concrete drive and it's dug itself under. It just keeps coming back up along the edge
. I'd actually rather have ground elder to deal with (and I have that too).
Don't know about phlox, looking forward to replies from others.
Thanks Edd, I don't usually scroll down past the ads!
I've lost track of what we're IDing now
In the sticks near Peterborough