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Plant I.D.

Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
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Can you help us to name these plants.  Most are from our established wild flower area, which we are now dismantling and moving into a new area.  There may be one or two that are the same plant - from a different angle.  Thanks.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The first one looks like Sweet William,  mine get shredded like that.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with Sweet William. 

    4/5/6 have a look of Sweet Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) about them

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





  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    edited January 2019
    Yes, I agree with you both it does look like Sweet William which makes me wonder why they were planted in my wild flower patch.  I think I vaguely remember sprinkling all my left over seed packets on there too, rather than wasting them (out of date seeds).  Oh well, I am sure some insect or bee will be happy to visit them if they flower this year. I will check out Sweet Rocket, thanks Dove, they do all look like the same plant.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited January 2019
    2nd one down looks like centranthus (valerian) ? Also the last photo does too (to me !)
  • AndyDeanAndyDean Posts: 157
    I agree with sweet william and sweet rocket(for 4 and 6, not sure about 5), mine look exactly like that.

    I'd say 3 and 7 were a campanula - I have peach-leaved bellflower, which looks like that.
  • AndyDeanAndyDean Posts: 157
    And I think valerian is a good guess for the other two, although I don't grow it so am less familiar with it...
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Yes, I think second and last could be Valerian, it does grow wild over here in pink, red and white - perhaps I collected some seed on a walk.  I tought 3 & 7 could be ragged robin Lychnis ..... but not 100% sure.  I wasn't sure if 4, 5 & 6 were the same plant, perhaps I will have to wait for them to flower - they certainly do look similar. 
    Any more names would be of interest.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Agree with those - 5 is def. sweet rocket I think.  4 & 6 could also possibly be a type of verbascum, but not the common one (v. thapsus.)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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