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Plant ID please
I bought this plant off a market stall a couple of years ago, the stall holder strangely didn't know its name but at only £2 I bought it, it had lovely lilac and white tubular flowers which all promptly fell off as soon as the cellophane was taken off I've overwintered it indoors for the past two years but this year planted it out, don't for a minute think its hardy but it has grown well since being in the ground its about about 18inches tall and 2ft across, it hasn't flowered at all, what is it and what should I do to make it flower again?
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I looks like one of the eupatoriums.
But that isn't a definite ID
In the sticks near Peterborough
See what you mean nutcutlet and know this is really hard without a picture of the flower but the flower wasn't like a eupatorium, only thing I can explain it as looking like was a phygelius flower but more delicate looking and smaller, lilac with a white throat and sure it was speckled a darker purple,the flowers hung in clusters round the leaf axils, remember thinking how pretty it was and never seen anything like it, thought it would look good on my patio table
There's some flowers at the top of the picture - are either of them attached to the plant in question. The maroon one with white centres looks like the sort of bedding verbena you buy for containers and hanging baskets.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No Dove that is a verbena planted behind.
I saw something that looked like this today and was told it was a Plectranthus. I've had a look at Plectranthus ciliatus and it does look like it.
see what you think kathy
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's it nutcutlet!!
, just googled there's one called Mona Lavender which looks just like the flower I remember on mine , I see I'm growing it in totally the wrong spot full sun were it likes shade ooops, does say its not a reliable flowerer too, thankyou 
It isn't hardy, just as you suspected kathy.
I saw it in a pot with a non-hardy phytolacca and a verbena I've forgotten the name of
In the sticks near Peterborough