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Can someone help identify this plant please?

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  • It looks a bit like my Cephalaria gigantea, but that has pale yellow flowers ... don't know if there are similar plants with different coloured flowers ...?

    Last edited: 21 February 2018 08:37:38


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700

    Thanks for the picture, it's definitely not Scabiosa. It now looks more like Phacelia Tanacetifolia. Not totally sure as flowers not fully opened.

  • Those are fully opened flowers. They are tiny and before the flowers bloomed, the head looked some what like a broccoli.

  • On reflection and now that I'm able to zoom in I tend to agree with Borderline's suggestion of Phacelia.

    It's often included in mixes of seeds for pollinators. 

    Last edited: 21 February 2018 09:26:01


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • I googled Phacelia Tanacetifolia. They look quite similar to my plant. 

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