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A couple of plant IDs please
Orchid Lady
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I can't remember if I've grown this from seed or bought it.....no idea what it is but looks like it's just about to flower 
These pretty flowers are in my thank you bouquet from my sister and brother in law, can anyone tell me what they are and can I buy/grow them easily? They maybe look like a type of Rose but very small and delicate and I love the yellow middles.
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Might the top one be penstemons? Hard to tell how tall they are.
Is this better? Are Penstemons a perennial? Off for a google.
They do look like Penstemons, no idea what colour though but no doubt will find out very soon. I think it was one of my rescue plants when I was filling the border. Thanks Panda.
Not sure about the Japanese Rose, they aren't open very much yet and all the pics I can find are open and no leaves to tell on the flowers either.
not anything like my penstemons which are rather shrubby - could they be cornflowers?
I think the bouquet flowers are lisianthus - often used by florists and usually white or purple
Do those leaves smell of anything OL?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Will google the rose type one, lisianthus and will smell the leaves on the other one in the morning
Thank you.
Bekkie, I've googled Lisianthus and it's come up with Eustoma too which is it's other name, so you were right too
Just looking if I can but the plant
Half hardy annual in this country, too late to grow for this year but will get some for next year, or I could grow it as a houseplant