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Bonny-looking pink flower - ID please

BrodiePBrodieP Posts: 21
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Hello all,
I was given this small shrubby thing last year - a small division from a much larger whatever-it-is, from memory it was brown and dormant at the time. Of course I didn't label it. Over the past few days it's sprouted these lovely pink flowers.
ID gratefully received :blush: with lots of thanks

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited August 2021
    It is a Japanese Anemone.

    Maybe Anemone hupehensis Pocahontas????

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Anemone+hupehensis+'Pocahontas'&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTnJ7bkM_yAhXyQkEAHR5YCHgQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=595
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2021
    It’s one of the Japanese Anemones …. not sure which variety but someone will know. 

    They’re pretty things but  they can make themselves too much at home after a few years. Don’t be afraid to let it know who’s boss. They’re pretty indestructible. 

    😊 

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





  • BrodiePBrodieP Posts: 21
    Lightening-speed - thanks!!!
    @Silver surfer I think you might be spot-on with hupehensis Pocahontas
    @Dovefromabove good to know they're a sturdy old vessel... they'll stand a fighting chance against my gardening 'skills' 😁
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I knew someone would know which one 😊 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're really quite indestructible @BrodieP ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BrodiePBrodieP Posts: 21
    @Fairygirl speaking from experience...? 😆
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    No - they aren't a problem here at all really, but many people find them to be very invasive.  :)
    I don't like pale pink - I only grow the white ones  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’ve got pink ones … I bought a white one … it must’ve had its label swapped … now I have several pink ones. 😂 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I have a good tall one called Andrea Atkinson that I got from the nursery here. Great in the far corner of the garden, and needs no support. 
    Whirlwind is lovely though - a semi double.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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