Here's a full shot of the first plant. It's living in a pot with a jasmine and the garden is a huge green mess, so I've tried highlighting it and blurring the background to make it easier to see. The pot is just over 25cm tall, so yeah, the plant is pretty big.
Oh! I've got it! It's a Dianthus Japonicus. No wonder I kept finding pictures on Japanese websites! I thought it was a Gastrolychnis violascens from this website, but that led me to this website and I checked the seeds and they are indeed flat and pointy, rather than round.
There's not much on the internet, but I was comforted to find this website where he speaks of how difficult it is to identify! You are all knowledgeable plants(wo)men as well!
I think I shall hoik out some of the seedlings and plant them in the ground now.
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Anyone around this afternoon who might have any ideas about the first plant?
The pink flower could be a wild flower called soapwort (or Bouncing Bet if you want the folk name.) it grows about 18" high and is quite prolific.
if that's what it is, I'd leave it to spread. It could attract butterflies and other insects.
best of luck!
How about another pic of the pink one. One that shows how tall it is and how it grows. I can't tell fomthe photo whether it's 3 inches or 3 feet tall
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Here's a full shot of the first plant. It's living in a pot with a jasmine and the garden is a huge green mess, so I've tried highlighting it and blurring the background to make it easier to see. The pot is just over 25cm tall, so yeah, the plant is pretty big.
Oh! I've got it! It's a Dianthus Japonicus. No wonder I kept finding pictures on Japanese websites! I thought it was a Gastrolychnis violascens from this website, but that led me to this website and I checked the seeds and they are indeed flat and pointy, rather than round.
There's not much on the internet, but I was comforted to find this website where he speaks of how difficult it is to identify! You are all knowledgeable plants(wo)men as well!
I think I shall hoik out some of the seedlings and plant them in the ground now.
Be careful, if it's made in Japan or China it's probably rampant!
Haha! Always nice to add some variety to the weeds in the garden! It can join the fennel, buddleia and irises that I keep finding everywhere.