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  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Same here @JennyJ. A couple of years ago I bought 'Springwood White' but it died over winter and all the seedlings were purple as there is a lot of the purple in my garden.
    I really liked it too.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    There is a red and yellow form I have seen growing wild round here, an annual, I think.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    punkdoc said:
    There is a red and yellow form I have seen growing wild round here, an annual, I think.
    Linaria maroccana, 'Licilia' Series, 'Licilia Peach'?

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Linaria+maroccana,+'Licilia'+Series,+'Licilia+Peach'&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&sxsrf=APq-WBuW-U8NSuZLWvVfFqbXDpFQgS5emg:1650806263291&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiykKrH5Kz3AhWVgVwKHQDkCGoQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=577&dpr=1.5#imgrc=7JQKbosvRzor7M
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    That looks like it. Think it is known locally as eggs and bacon.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Silversurfer Thankyou, sadly I don't know if she ever put it forward to be named. Her garden knowledge was extensive. I do have a hardy Geranium and a Pulmonaria named by her so anything is possible. I am going to try and do some more research now maybe there is a link.
    @JennyJ I am sure you are right. Purple form sets alot of seed every other colour only a little or non at all it would seem.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • tlchimeratlchimera Posts: 51
    Pink will self seed, but not as strongly as the purple. My mother has both in her garden. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I occasionally get a pale-pink-flowered plant but whether it's from pink parents or from purple with recessive pink genes I don't know.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tlchimeratlchimera Posts: 51
    JennyJ said:
    I occasionally get a pale-pink-flowered plant but whether it's from pink parents or from purple with recessive pink genes I don't know.
    Ah I hadn't thought about it potentially coming from the purple plant. That's very true. 
  • tlchimeratlchimera Posts: 51
    Talking of Linaria purpurea, do I need to be brave and divide this? Presumably after flowering? I've never divided anything but I've got a gigantic wild primrose that needs doing too, so will have to gird my loins and stop being a wuss. Slicing into a plant I'm fond of just seems terrifying 🤣


  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    I don't think it will take kindly to be dug up and butchered when weather is dry windy and it is in full leaf.
    Better to leave it alone...enjoy it and look for baby ones which may transplant successfully.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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