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Hi. can someone please tell me what the deep pink plant is please.

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  • granmagranma Posts: 1,933
    Rob, I  Agree with you ,it definitely is .
    the smell spoils the prettiness of the plant
  • LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,500
    It grows as a weed by the pavements where I live. Lovely plant though, and I have a red one in a pot on my patio. Kept meaning to collect seeds from the wild ones, but kept forgetting so ended up buying one.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I will plant some white ones.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have all colours but I've never noticed a smell :/
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Rose ladyRose lady Posts: 107
    Love the white ones!! Shame about the smell though. You’d expect something as lovely as this to smell like mock orange 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have never noticed a smell either. Is it both red and white? What does it smell of?
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I’ve got the pink one. No smell. 
    But if anyone wants some seedlings I can post them. 
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I've never ever noticed a smell ... 

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





  • Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 380
    Ha!  Some smell it and some don't!  I'd fancied some for a couple of years and kept forgetting to buy any, then (imagine my joy!) a load self-seeded at the bottom of a wall.  I was about to transplant when I noticed this - see below - smell and then decided against it!


    Wikipedia (Centranthus Ruber): "The blooms have a strong and somewhat rank scent."



  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I holiday in the St Ives area every year ... the place is full of Centranthus ruber (red valerian) and I grow it in my garden here in Norfolk.  I have never ever noticed any sort of smell 
    Image result for centranthus ruber st ives cornwall

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





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