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More help needed with ID

panda762panda762 Posts: 10
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This is another lovely flower from the Miracle-Gro woldflower mix I grew this summer that I cannot seem to identify. It's dark pink with a white/pale pink edge and grows in clumps. There were no other colours, just this dark pink. It didn't have much of a scent. The leaves are quite slender. Any help with identifying this flower would be much appreciated.

 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    not a rhodo, you wouldn't get that to flower in a season. It will be an annual.

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • panda762panda762 Posts: 10

    Thanks nutcutlet, dunno what else it could be. Been on google images for ages and can't find anything that looks remotely like it...

  • butterflybrainbutterflybrain Posts: 22

    Hello panda762.  It looks like godetia which is an annual. 

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    But not a wild flower.

  • panda762panda762 Posts: 10

    Yes!!!! Well done butterflybrain (although I'm bemused as to why Miracle-Gro added it to their 'wildflower' mix). Thank you image

  • ElusiveElusive Posts: 992

    I would suggest Godetia too. I grew them last year.

    These are the plants I had

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  • panda762panda762 Posts: 10

    Mattbeer87, lovely photo - yes, that's them image

  • butterflybrainbutterflybrain Posts: 22

    I think that maybe they are included in the seed mix because like cosmos they are good bee plants. 

  • panda762panda762 Posts: 10

    butterflybrain I think you're probably right image They do seem to have attracted lots of bees over the summer.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    They're  wild somewhere in the world.

    I remember those now from my childhood, thought it looked familiarimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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