Yes that does look the same Sometimes when looking at Google images there seems to be so many different pictures and none seem quite right!! Maybe there are some minor variations depending on where or how it is grown? Anyhow I shall go with Silene (Lychnis) viscaria. Thanks everyone for your help
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I think Nut was right with his first ID, Silene coeli-rosa, sometimes known as Viscaria oculata. There are many cultivars and I think this one is Rose Of Heaven 'Cherry Blossom'.
You can see with your flower, Madpenguin, that the receptacle (the part below the flower head) is elongated, which is not the case with Silene viscaria.. I've had the common form of Silene viscaria in my garden a few times over the years and the flowers are also quite different to yours.
I think Nut was right with his first ID, Silene coeli-rosa, sometimes known as Viscaria oculata. There are many cultivars and I think this one is Rose Of Heaven 'Cherry Blossom'.
You can see with your flower, Madpenguin, that the receptacle (the part below the flower head) is elongated, which is not the case with Silene viscaria.. I've had the common form of Silene viscaria in my garden a few times over the years and the flowers are also quite different to yours.
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A strong contender and probably more likely to be in an annual mix
I think you have it Hazyb
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sometimes when looking at Google images there seems to be so many different pictures and none seem quite right!! Maybe there are some minor variations depending on where or how it is grown?
Anyhow I shall go with Silene (Lychnis) viscaria.
Thanks everyone for your help
In the sticks near Peterborough