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LG_LG_ Posts: 4,299

Things are rarely labelled and when they are they sometimes just say 'yellow'... Can you help with these?

Some kind of little hardy geranium I think?

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I was wondering about verbascum?

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No idea about this one:

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,431

    I agree on the topone, hardy geranium, maybe sanguineum. Then  Lychnis coronaria, could be red or white flowered. Bottom one looks familiar but its not coming to me immediately.

  • Second one could be Lychnis, third one Brunnera?

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,431

    Could be a plain brunnera, or maybe Phlomis russeliana, although I think phlomis might be hairier than that.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    I think that's brunnera, it's got a few white blobs on the leaves and is probably distantly descended from one with variegated leaves



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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,299

    Worth having? 

    I do love hardy geraniums, though not a big fan of deep pink. Having googled lychnis and found some pictures without flowers and I think you're right. Not a big fan so might leave that. The brunnera might be useful - how does it do in dry, rooty shade under trees?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    Brunnera not too keen on very dry soil, more impressive with something a little better. Nice blue flowers but you can get those from forget me notsimage



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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,299

    Hmmm. I have a very sluggy garden.

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601

    The lychnis with white flowers is pretty. You could wait and see which it is. Brunnera likes moist shade and is delicate and pretty if you can preserve it from the slugs. It's odd, really, it looks too hairy for slugs but they love it. They eat my white and my blue pulmoneria, too, which are also hairy moist shade plants.

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