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thatfatblokethatfatbloke Posts: 10
in Plants
Got these chaps popping up. The yellow one stands about 6' high, the blue one about 3'. Probably weeds, but I like 'em. Any ideas please. Thanks.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello TFB! The yellow flower is Evening Primrose and I think the purple one is Linaria.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    As Ladybird says, The yellow one is evening primrose. The purple one is Linaria purpurea.  The Linaria will repeat flower until the frosts if you dead head it. I give them a chop to about half when the seeds are setting on the first flowers, and they will then reflower from lower down the stem.
  • stuart.dotstuart.dot Posts: 127
    Sorry to jump on this thread but for some reason the site won't allow me to start a new one. Anyway, this is the ID I would like......thanks
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    shape of the flowers suggests Centranthus ruber


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • stuart.dotstuart.dot Posts: 127
    Many thanks. That's it!
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