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Identification please

janPwLIMy_PjanPwLIMy_P Posts: 7
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what is this plant. I grew it from seed and have now forgotten what it is. It didn't flower last year but this year it is wonderful
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    It looks like a type of Lychnis l think  :)
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Stock. Did you grow brompton stocks which flower the second year?

  • janPwLIMy_PjanPwLIMy_P Posts: 7
    I don't know whether the seeds were Brompton stocks but they certainly didn't flower in the first year. I am sure that AnnieD is right that it is a lychnis
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It looks more like a Brompton stock to me. They flower the second year as they are biennials. The flowers don't look right for Lychnis. I assume Lychnis Coronaria Alba as the leaves are rather grey.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • janPwLIMy_PjanPwLIMy_P Posts: 7
    It probably is just a bad photo as the flowers were bright white
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    edited May 2022
    Its not lychnis coronaria.  If you smell it , it should be perfumed as a stock. Lychnis have no perfume, the leaves have a different shape and the flower stems are different.
  • janPwLIMy_PjanPwLIMy_P Posts: 7
    But that has wonderful dark pink flowers
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    janPwLIMy_P said:
    But that has wonderful dark pink flowers
    except for the white ones


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Stock. I grew it last year. All, repeat all, the flowers were single.  Not a double amongst them. Still had a wonderful scent though.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    janPwLIMy_P said:
    It probably is just a bad photo as the flowers were bright white
    The Alba one has white flowers, I have one.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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