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Can anyone identify please?

Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
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My sister is trying to identify the pink flowered plant in this picture. I do not recognise it but it has distinctive leaves. She is aware of the geranium growing through it.
Thank you for looking.
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited May 2020
    I can't see enough detail when I zoom in, but think I see the hint of canes, so could it be Rubus odoratus (flowering raspberry)?

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Thank you very much @BobTheGardener. I have asked my sis to try and get a close up of the flowers which I will post on here as soon as I get it/them.
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    @BobTheGardener - picture of flowers from my sister.
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Thanks @Ladybird4 - flowers don't look like rubus.  It's not one I know.  The flowers seem to have a hint of the mallow family but not sure that helps.
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Thank you for your advice and observations @BobTheGardener. I will keep trying. The leaves are quite fig-like so I might have a look at that family. I need a Field Guide!
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    @BobTheGardener The fact that the the flower looked so much like a geranium helped me to track it down. It is Geranium nodosum.
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  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I agree Ladybird, Geranium nodosum, grows in shade and self seeds around but is no problem.
    East Anglia
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Aaah thanks @Asarum. My sister was very pleased to finally be able to put a name to it
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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Well done, I'm not great on hardy geraniums. :)
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