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Mystery plant
Patiopansy
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Morning all, would appreciate some help in identifying this plant please. Worth cultivating? Weed?
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That looks like it could be a Polemonium - or Jacob's Ladder. Mostly have blue flowers on tall stems in spring, although there are white ones too. Have you seen flowers on it?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes Fg., sure that is a Polemonum.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Brilliant, thanks! No flowers at all, in fact when I moved into this place (in July) it wasn't there! It has appeared where an old conifer was growing (now removed). Really happy about this!
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The conifer would have shaded it out. They like a bit of dampness in the soil so it wouldn't have got that with a conifer nearby! It'll thank you for it
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A lovely plant - well worth looking after
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I will certainly cherish it; only worrying thing is that it's in a very dry border, with poor soil. Might get some compost to fork in round it; would that help? Should I feed it now?
If you can get some FY manure to beef up the soil in the border a bit that will help. You can get dried stuff at GCs now. Add some compost as well and give it all a good watering and that will see it through the autumn and winter. A good feed in early spring (Blood, fish and bone is ideal) and a mulch with something like bark or a good layer of compost, will help conserve moisture for the summer. It's obviously pretty tough as it's survived being under that conifer !
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Very helpful, thanks so much, FG. Loads of ponies where I live so manure shouldn't be a problem!
Brilliant. The whole area where the conifer was will benefit. Make sure it's well rotted before you use it near your plants as it can damage them, although if you have any areas which will lie empty over winter, you can carefully spread it there and let it rot.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...