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Plant ID please

JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
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I found a tiny variegated seedling when I was clearing out the weedlings from my pots so I kept it and here's what grew. It looks like osteospermum to me but I haven't had a variegated one in the garden for probably 10 years, so does anyone have any other ideas ?

Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained

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  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    Euphorbia?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think the growing tip needs pinching so I'll do that in a mo and see whether there's any sap.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    No milky sap, so not euphorbia (thankfully - I don't like them so it would be destined for the great compost bin in the sky if it was one).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Can you get variegated Campanula, it looks a bit like Bellflower,  looks as though it’s throwing up a flowering shoot, perhaps post again when it’s flowered. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BushwackerBushwacker Posts: 6
    It looks like a variegated Erysimum ;)
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Could well be ...

  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    I agree
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Erysmium is much more likely. I had one of those a few years ago (and still have a couple of green leaved varieties).  I'll pot it on and see what happens.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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