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Plant ID please

DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
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Just a small thing that popped up in the last week or so.



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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Its a saxifrage, I knew it as London Pride.
    Saxifraga x arendsii
  • kleipieperkleipieper Posts: 563
    saxifrage
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Thanks! There are some saxifrage-type leaves there (it's all buried in longish grass) but I hadn't linked the two! Must go and have a more careful look.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    That's a nice deep pink. Mine are all rather paler.

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    It's in a fairly shady damp position on the north side of the house, so not much sun. Not sure if that makes a difference?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    fidgetbones said:
    Its a saxifrage, I knew it as London Pride.
    Saxifraga x arendsii
    It looks like a mossy saxifrage (saxifraga) rather than the London Pride type. Too many cultivars to give you anything beyond that but it looks like a good one.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    I think you're right. I've just had a look and the leaves I noticed before are the London Pride type. This one has much smaller leaves, moss-like in fact :)
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Plant it somewhere it likes and it will put on a great display in late spring. Welsh Rose has done very well for me around my pond. The pic below is when I bought it in 2015 and the bottom pic was last year.  






    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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