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  • Mich85Mich85 Posts: 30
    It's not mint no, got lots of that at the other end of the garden - very nice image
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    I don't think that's a weed Mich. I'm thinking about itimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Mich85Mich85 Posts: 30
    Thank you image

    My mum can't work it out either and she's really good with plants
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    I seem to recognise it but can't pin it down.  Campanula of some type, perhaps?

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Keyser SozeKeyser Soze Posts: 126

    Phlox maybe?

    1. Hi Mich85. I wonder if it could be 'pentas'. A lovely butterfly attracting plant. Very pretty when in flower, I have grown it before. It seemed to be a short lived perennial for my conditions. 
  • Mich85Mich85 Posts: 30

    just looking these up on google now on my lunch break image

    Doesnt look like a phlox or i can not find a campula representing it.

     

    Pentas however......its looking a bit like one of these! this picci looks very similar however my leaves have a serated edge, hopefully it will flower soon

    http://www.oramsnurseries.com.au/pentas_ardenia.jpg

     

  • Fingers crossed then. Let us know if and when it does flower. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,442

    Is Pentas hardy? Mich's pic looks like something well established in the garden.

    I doesn't look like the right leaves to me though



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,113

    The leaves on Mich's plant look much softer and less serrated than the Pentas leaves. It looks vaguely familiar to me but I can't place it either.

    Once it flowers we'll all probably go - 'of course, that's it- why didn't I think of that!'   imageimage

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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