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plant identification

Kamila3Kamila3 Posts: 2
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Hello, can somebody help me identify the tall purple, salvia looking plants? thank you very much beforehand!

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hi Kamila. Could it be Linaria purpurea?
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I think you are right ladybird.
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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    edited February 2019
    Or Russian Sage? Maybe Petrovskia atriplicifolia Blue Spire?
  • Kamila3Kamila3 Posts: 2
    Thank you for sharing your ideas with me! I will try planting both in my garden! :)
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    There's a pink version of Linaria too called Canon Went and it goes well with the usual purple variety.
    They flower for months if you cut back the old spikes and one of the few tall plants that I don't need to stake.
    They do self seed very freely and seedlings come up everywhere - a welcome weed

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think linaria too.  Perovskia has white/silvery stems and leaves (at least mine does).
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