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Plant ID please
Victoria Sponge
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Hi All,
It occurred to me today that this plant I've been watering isn't actually my white astrantia...I know - I just didn't really look at it... I'm going to dig it up and separate them. Is it worth keeping?
Thank you
Wearside, England.
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Could be one of the campanulas Victoria. Long time since I've grown any and there's tons of varieties but some of them have that kind of foliage.
Looks like lots more flower buds all down the stem too. It should flower soon so you'll get a better idea if no one else recognises it. I'm sure someone will though!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looks a bit like toadflax (Linaria annua) - or a cultivated form? I wondered about Liatris spicata, if not. Hard to ID without flowers...
Mmm, you could be right, FG...
It looks like all those plants mixed together
My toadflax is going over now and yes the head does look like a liatris but it doesn't have the long traily leaves at the base.
If it's a campanula it isn't persicifolia...but I don't know many others...
I'll happily leave it there to flower but don't want my astrantia to give up- only bought it this year...
Cheers for your suggestions guys
Oh, meant to say it's almost a metre tall.
I thought liatris
I thought liatris too.
Ooh. I don't like the look of that one Edd.
I'll do some investigating...
I have to say, I thought Liatris at first too - especially with the bud forming at the top but I thought it looked a bit tall and wasn't sure if the foliage was right - haven't grown them for a long time either
It'll flower soon anyway and you'll be able to see Victoria!
Is your astrantia in beside it?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They were both in the same rootball Fairygirl, and it hasn't long been planted out (2 months or so) so I wonder if it came in the pot from the nursery.
According to my weed book that conyza hasn't made it this far north yet so I don't want to encourage it, although the weed book isn't always accurate.
I've ripped them apart now and put this thing in a pot. If it's okay in a few hours that confirms it is a weed- a nice plant would be dead after that.