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Mystery plant photo - identification please

BigbarbBigbarb Posts: 70
in Problem solving
I know that everyone apart from me will recognise this, I THOUGHT it was a fuschia when I cadged a cutting from a very old plant in an old garden..... but when I looked at photos in the gardening book... I couldn't see it.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Phygellius. Watch out for runners. It can become rampant.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Often known as Cape Fuchsia, it is a type of Phygelius.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BigbarbBigbarb Posts: 70
    WOW!!! thanks for the fast reply... it is in a tiny pot at the moment. Will observe it closely!
  • BigbarbBigbarb Posts: 70
    Thanks BobTheGardener - THAT explains why i thought that it was a fuchsia 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Depending on which one it is, it's best to be aware that they can be quite invasive in some gardens, while other types can struggle to grow in the UK.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BigbarbBigbarb Posts: 70
    BobTheGardener - we are right next to the North Sea with hurricane type winds bearing balls of spume up from the beach...its survival in a pot outside the kitchen window is remarkable,  invading unlikely! However my ground elder (unintentional) loves it here. I wrench off every leaf to prevent it transpiring...but it just pops up and waves  :D
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    I agree it's rampant from personal experience!!!
    Southampton 
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