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I.D. Please

plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
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Hi all.
I found this on a thread somewhere this morning and would like to know what it is please.

Thanks, PP.
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Possibly Lychnis chalcedonica.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think Pdoc's got it  :)

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





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's very hardy - had it in the Belgian garden; grows readily from seed and self seeds; easy to pull up if it gets too much but didn't for me and, lastly, pollinators love it.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks like it.  The colour is really good - I don't usually like orange but this is rich rather than brash - and the seeds are easy to collect for sowing and/or sharing.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Yes. :)
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    The type is generally described as brick red, it has an orange cast to it, but there is also a white form and a pink form. (plant world seeds)
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    The pink and white ones are a different species to the red.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Plant world lists three types of Lychnis chalcedonica (maltese cross) , as well as three colours of Lychnis coronaria.

    https://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/1847


  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Thank you one and all.
    It seems I have a soft spot for Lychnis.  :) I love the coronaria too. My neighbour has the cerise with greyish leaves and I'm sure it must glow in the dark!
    M-U I don't know whose garden it was in because I think it was on a picture/garden/loveliness thread but someone had listed their favourite plants; possibly from the forum. I'm not sure but I couldn't find it again. Luckily I can rely on my memory, 100%, to fail me so I'd saved the photo.  :D
    Thanks again everyone.  <3
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