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Can anyone tell me what these 2 plants are?

CraighBCraighB Posts: 719

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I was browsing through the internet and saw these 2 plants and I'd love to know the names of them. The first one is the blue spikes and the other is the little white Daisy's.

Thanks :)image

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Ox-eye daisies and Viper's Bugloss



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 719

    Fantastic thank you.

    I just love the look of them and definitely want these in my garden. I am going for the cottage garden style and think these would suit the garden very well :)

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    they're great plants. The VB is biennial so you need to set seed early this summer for next year. I find it doesn't do well in pots, best direct sown



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Sounds idyllic Verdun. image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 719

    Sounds beautiful Verdun!

    So are they like foxgloves Nutcutlet where they flower in the second year and then die?

    Where would be a good place online to buy seed for these plants? Are there any recommended eBay sellers?

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Like foxgloves except foxgloves sometimes struggle on for a third year. VB never do. I can't remember where my original seed came from, might have been Chiltern Seeds. I've had them since pre internet days and didn't know about all the wildflower seed then. 

    the daisies are perennial, both seed around. VB does well in gravel drives and very poor dry places



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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