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Can anyone ID these please?

jennyjelly
jennyjelly Posts: 1,708 Forumite
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Here are 3 little 50p plants I bought at a boot sale today - haven't a clue what they are, can anyone help please?

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Very sorry about the picture quality but hope you can still see enough. The lady I bought them from said that the things that look like little bunches of grapes on the third one are actually buds and open into yellow flowers. The top one looks like a tiny iris but the flowers look wrong, and the middle one has a flower spike that looks like some kind of bistorta but the leaves look wrong.

Hope someone has some ideas!

Thanks
JJ
Oh dear, here we go again.

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  • westiea
    westiea Posts: 432 Forumite
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    1. Sisyrinchium (bellum? -if height is about 9'') - lovely alpine with long flowering season .
    2.Persicaria - if its an alpine version its this - if not then could be affinis - not sure on variety - usually used as ground cover.
    3.Alpine Sedum of some sort (sorry there are so many!!) could be Kamtschaticum, but truly its a guess! Again if it loves where is is those leaves break off and root readily.

    50p each - bargain!!! :j
    Greyer by the minute - Older by the hour - Wiser by the day
  • sufisu
    sufisu Posts: 30 Forumite
    The pretty blue plant looks like sissyrinchiam (sp??), the second is definitely bistort (wild flower name, don't know the cultivated name) and I'm afraid the last one has me stumped other than it looks like some kind of sedum.

    Hope that helps.
  • Myrtle
    Myrtle Posts: 215 Forumite
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    The last one's London's Pride I reckon
  • jennyjelly
    jennyjelly Posts: 1,708 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks for your answers - I always try to find out what I've got so I can plant them in the right places, and people on here are so knowledgeable!
    Oh dear, here we go again.
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