Wild flower ID please

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• robairdmacraignil Posts: 782

  July 2020

  Is it a type of knapweed?
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2020

  Yes that’s Common knapweed, Centaurea nigra ... great for butterflies. 

  
  

  https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/common-knapweed
  

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

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• peteS Posts: 966

  July 2020

  Thanks for that @Dovefromabove and @robairdmacraignil...it looked lovely when it was in full flower, so it might be worth buying a few seeds for next year.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2020

  It’s a perennial so it’ll be back next year. 

  
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• peteS Posts: 966

  July 2020

  @Dovefromabove... I intend to buy a few of the plants in 9cm pots and plant them out this Autumn for next year, along with seeds of Chamomile, Cornflower, Corn Marigold and a few other wild annuals. Some will be sown on the ground and some in pots and troughs, so is it OK to use one of the John Innes's for this purpose, because I wouldn't want them to grow excessively big because the soil is too rich. Can you buy compost which is low in nutrients. Cheers.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2020

  Get some John Innes seed compost ... that is low in nutrients. 

  
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• peteS Posts: 966

  July 2020

  Cheers.

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