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4mystery plants… any ideas?

JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
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In clearing out pots and thinning out etc I have 4 plants that I don’t know. 
Tiny purple clusters, loved by bees, unruly but will keep for the bees sake….
beautiful veigned purple flowers, grew from a sprinkling of wildflower seed, honestly the only nice thing to grow!
two mysteries which came in as minuscule intruders in the pot with the cordelyne. Both now much bigger and pretty.

Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Mallow maybe
    Oregano - have a sniff of a leaf
    No idea..

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  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Yeh, oregano definitely seems right…no idea when I got that but probably explains why it has spread so much too. I did find a mallow called “mystic Merlin”which looks like the same colour and form. Thanks.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    The purple one looks like a petunia.

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2022
    The last photo with the yellow flowers looks like a sedum. I think the first is the mallow family. You say four plants do you mean the varigated plant in the last photo?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    The purple one is a malva (mallow), I agree most likely is Mystic Merlin.

    2nd one is oregano.

    The one with little yellow flowers looks like a yellow sedum, but I don't know which variety.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Yes gardenersuze the variegated one and the one with the tiny yellow flowers. They were in the pot with the  cordeline. If possible I would like to find out what they are and how to keep them as they are really nice.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The variegated one looks a lot like some euphorbias I see here in spring, paired with white daffs in Place de la Vendée in La Roche-sur-Yon.  Not as tall and rampant as some euphorbias can be.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    I’m thinking Obelixx that it’s one of the sedums, the picture is a bit misleading as each leaf is only about 2cm long and more like a succulent, also it seems to have a low growing spreading habit . I found a “sedum lineare vareagetum” which looks a possible match.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Could be.  Must admit I don't like euphorbias so don't get too close.   have a google for sedum forms.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Jacquimcmahon The one with the yellow flowers is a sedum. Not sure you will find an exact match as there are so many. There are also lots of Euphorbias, wear a pair of gloves and break a tiny piece if you wish to find out. It will have a milky sap which is an irritant, sorry I have no idea if it is for sure.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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