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Another identified plant - please help!

Yellow LedbeckyYellow Ledbecky Posts: 13
in Problem solving
Hi there
My elderly Mum, who lives at some distance from me, has this growing in her garden - she says near the drain/patio/fence. She says it seems like a weed but the bees love it. She didn't plant it; it just appeared. I'm quite a new gardener myself so any ideas as to what it might be would be much appreciated!  :) I thought maybe some kind of campanula or vinca? 
Thank you so much!   :) 




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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yes - campanula. Possibly poscharskyana, which can be a nuisance in the wrong place , but very useful in difficult spots where other things struggle to thrive  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It's one of the creeping bellflowers (Campanulas) either C. poscharskyana or C. portenschlagiana;  I can never tell which is which. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    snap @BobTheGardener ;)
    I can never remember the name of the portenschlagiana one  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • alias123alias123 Posts: 40
    Sorry. Can't help with identification but I have this in quite a few places in my garden too smile:
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Fairygirl said:
    snap @BobTheGardener ;)
    I can never remember the name of the portenschlagiana one  :D

    @Fairygirl Nor me.  I have to have a break half way through typing names that long! :D
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's like someone just shut their eyes and randomly tapped the keyboard with those two!  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Yellow LedbeckyYellow Ledbecky Posts: 13
     :D 
    You are all fabulous, thank you so much! My Mum will be very excited to hear what it is!  :)<3
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