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Help please Identifying a plant
Debbie neath
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I bought this plant in B & Q in the spring it had no label to identify it .. it grows quiet bushy and has pink flowers and green leaves new foliage is red it has been flowering since spring and is still flowering
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any help identiying this lovely plant and telling me how to care for it would be greatly appreciated
I wonder if it is a gaura...new to me this year so I'm not sure about care...
It's gaura. H-C
Looks like gaura to me too.
thank you very much for all your responses brilliant i can now search and find how to care for it Thank you so very appreciated
Long-flowering, as you've found out. Free-draining soil (it's Mexican), and resist the urge to tidy it up in autumn as it colours prettily. It doesn't like being moved, so if you have to, lift and divide in mid-spring when it'll be concentrating on growing and may not notice the disturbance. H-C
Slight change of direction. Neighbour has bright yellow crocus like flowers out now in profusion. I did ask and he did tell me but all I can remember is it sounded something like sturnburg
These, DorsetUK?
http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/sternbergia-lutea/classid.2000015047/
Hooray, I wasn't too far off with the pronunciaton then. Such a bright splash of colour. I gotta get sum! Many thanks