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Newbie unsure what plant this is

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    welcome to the ID team pandpimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • I'm not goosd at remembering names, nut, but is this what I call the common cranesbill (the one everyone has that grows prolifically) - if so it will not flower again this year once it has finished.

    My Johnsons Blue is taller than that.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    I think that only flowering once is the big let down on this one gg. Though grown hard it does lovely autumn colour.

    I think it's a very old garden plant, before all the new introductions



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • The best one for my book is Rozanne - it flowers all summer until the frost gets it!

     

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    That's an excellent one. But I like most of themimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • sara haywoodsara haywood Posts: 143

    Stunning! I have a much smaller one, it always does me proud.

  • I planted one last year,and it is beautiful.Love the Colour, will be looking to spread it At the back end.

  • Fishy65Fishy65 Posts: 2,276

    I think I might look into getting one of these,they're beautiful and I do love a plant that doesn't need wrapping in cotton wool image I'm assuming most good GCs stock them

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    Maybe fishy, it's an old one and I haven't seenit in GCs lately. The one potsand pansies mentioned, Rozanne, has a longer flowering season.

    All the hardy geraniums are pretty tough, If you buy them in flower you can see what you're getting.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Fishy65Fishy65 Posts: 2,276

    Thanks nut,I'll bear that in mind.I'm sure I used to have a hardy geranium years ago with a pink flower but I seem to remember it got sandwiched between two shrubs and must have died out.I was a less attentive gardener then image

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