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Perennial ID please

Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
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I took a cutting from a plant in Mum's garden a few years ago and rooted planted it (the white curly spike flower behind the phlox).
I'd not noticed it since, but this spring there was quite a patch of them popping out of the ground and they're now in flower, but I don't know what it is, other than I think I'm going to end up with a lot of them..
Any ideas please?




Billericay - Essex

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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    edited July 2018
    Phlox! The pink ones
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Thanks, but - (the white curly spike flower behind the phlox).

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    Apols
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I took some photos earlier and noticed that one had the plant in it, so used it.
    I should have taken one of just that plant, but its too hot :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Its Lysimachia clethroides  Pete8.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Thanks Ladybird - that's the one!
    I've got the purple variety elsewhere totally different to this one.
    I'm surprised how quickly it's spread. I vaguely recall seeing it last year, but was probably smothered in cosmos!


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    You're very welcome Pete! I like that particular variety myself.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Me too but it can get a bit giddy when happy.    I have seeds of beaujolais, a purple version, to try next year.
    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
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I do too. It looks so strong and healthy and very pretty - quite an achievement in this weather. I'm tempted to say how pleased I am that it 'can be invasive', but I know better now at my age :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Easy enough to control tho, unlike some.
    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
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