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Can anyone ID please
primrosecottage
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Hi Guys 
this pretty plant is still flowering but the summer pots are getting shabby .I'm not sure where I got it from but it has been a lovely show . Is it from seed or only from plants and please don't tell me it's a weed 
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I think it's a viola, probably 'Velour Purple & White':
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/142126/i-Viola-i-Velour-Purple-and-White-(Velour-Series)/Details
Thanks Bob
it's very tiny no bigger than my little finger nail and I would never have guessed
Whoops ! sorry Bob have looked at your link and its not that but they look good though. The flowers are as tiny as forgetmenots. On long stems .
Looks like a viola to me - one of the ones that's more like a violet than a pansy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Could it be a blue pimpernel?
They have different petal shapes and formation and prominent stamens. Not Lysimachia monelli aka Blue pimpernel.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've taken another pic but sorry not too many flowers left
The middles are yellowy cream and split into two
Ok, I was wrong - not a viola
Can you give us a photo of an individual flower a bit closer up please?
Can you see stamens?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope this is ok not a very good photograph er
I can't see any stamens on stems and the flowers are about 1/2 inch across.
Don't worry
I'll see if I can get some seeds off of it and untill I know different it will be called a Pretty Blue in the grand scheme that's just what it is and what's in a name . Most of the plants in my garden have Nick names 