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Please help me identify these plugs
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I potted on some perennial plugs from Thompson & Morgan. They have agreed to replace the ones that have died. Unfortunately, my little niece has removed all the labels when she was playing in the garden. I'm an inexperienced novice gardener so I can't tell what is what.
Can anyone please help me identify from these two photos which columns in the potting tray are:
Lavender 'Munstead'
Digitalis 'Dalmation Mixed'
Echinacea 'Primadonna'
Coreopsis 'Presto'
Verbena Bonariensis
Scabiosa 'Blue Jeans'
Aquilegia 'Swan' Mixed
Geum 'Blazing Sunset'
Carnation 'Ever-blooming Mixed' (Hardy)
Armeria 'Mixed'
Delphinium 'Pacific Giants'
Leucanthemum x superbum 'White Knight'
Many thanks for your help!
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Rather confusingly the photos turn round when I enlarge them
If you number the columns from left to right 1-10, as they appear on the unenlarged screen .....
bottom pic:
1 is lavender
8 is echinacea
6 might be geum
top pic
8,9,10 more lavender
2 and 3 delphinium
3 aquilegia
I'm glad to hear they will be replacing the ones that died! There looks to be a small bit of mixing from column to column, but this is what I think...
pic 1 - 3rd column from left: Delphinium
pic 1 - 4th column from left: Aquilegia
pic 1 - 9th and 10th columns from left: Lavender (rub it and it should smell of Lavender!)
pic 2 - 2nd column from left: Coreopsis?
pic 2 - 4th column from left: Carnation
pic 2 - 6th column from left: Geum
pic 2 - 8th column from left: Echinacea
Hope I'm right! Cheers Paul.
chicky and paulk2: Many thanks both of you!
Yes there was some mixing in some columns because there were 6 of each plug but 4 pots in each column.
Can I get some advice? Do you think these pots are too small? I was watching an Alan Titchmarsh video on this site and in it he says that the pots I used were too small because the compost dries out too quickly. I've noticed this too and mist spray them around 2-3 times a day.
Are the roots poking out of the bottom of the pots yet (or about to - you can carefully remove a plant from it's pot to check)? If not, then I would leave them to grow on a bit before potting on into a pot the next size up.
If you are misting them 2-3 times a day, then I would have thought you have got them in a position which is too sunny and too hot as this seems excessive to me.
I've labelled what has been identified so far and rearranged them to make things clearer.
If we use the following photos for future reference:
Tray A
Tray B
The label at the front of the pot denotes the start of a variety and at the back the end.
So we have:
A1-A2: Delphinium
A3-A4: Aquilegia
A5-A6: ?
A7-A8: ?
A9-A10: Lavender
B1-B2: ?
B2-B3: Coreopsis
B4-B5: Carnation
B6-B7: Geum
B8-B9: Echinacea
B9-B10: ?
This leaves:
Digitalis
Verbena
Scabiosa
Leucanthemum
Armeria
I would have thought B9-B10 was easily identifiable as it looks very distinct. It also looks almost the same as Delphanium (A1-A2). But the leaves of Delphanium look broader. I also would have thought that Digitalis could easily be recognised.
Hope someone can help identify the remaining 5 varieties.
Many thanks!
As soon as the roots reach the side of the pot, move it into the next size pot.
Check under the shuttle trays for slugs and snails. They will decimate the delphiniums and rudbeckias.
No slugs or snails. The trays get moved around almost every day. I move them into the conservatory if heavy rain is forecast especially overnight.
Water with a fine rose until the pots are soaked every morning. If you are only misting them the compost underneath will stay dry and they will struggle.
I think the labels are still jumbled
A is lavender, coreopsis, foxglove, aquilegia, delphinium not sure on the last on right labeled as lavender, but not lavender.
The pics have disappeared so I'll post and then look at pic B...
B I think is (l to r) verbena, echinacea, geum, 3 and 4 - I think 4 is the armeria but I could be wrong and then lavender...
Edit: I agree with Paul on reading back - what I have called 3 must be carnation, labelled as geum in pic B above.