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Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
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A few more nameless plants - can you help to identify them please?imageimageimageimageimageThe first is a dahlia, but can anyone recognize and name it?  We have had the last one (which we call a Ginger plant) for nearly 40 years - dies right down in the winter then sends up these amazing shoots in July - end of September.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    I do not know the dahlia. Blue flower looks like Phacelia, next one looks like a Gaillardia, then a blue Geranium and finally a Ginger Lily (Hedychium)

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Agree with Ladybird, except 2. , which is a Caryopteris.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Thanks punkdoc. I wasn't sure on that one image

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831

    The Dahlia might be Night Butterfly

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    A pretty name for a pretty Dahlia.

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  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

    Thanks for sharing your plant naming knowledge with me - it really helps to be able to put names to all these wonderful plants and flowers. We are lucky to have  many of these plants either in our garden or in the local Victorian walled garden close by - oh and the common, cliffs and open gardens too. Thanks again.

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