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Identify pink flower please?

blossomhill_2
blossomhill_2 Posts: 1,923 Forumite
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Anyone know this one please? Size of a sunflower head, shorter stems though
Many thanks - Blossom

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  • mildred1978
    mildred1978 Posts: 3,367 Forumite
    blossomhill wrote: »
    Anyone know this one please? Size of a sunflower head, shorter stems though
    Many thanks - Blossom

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    Some kind of echinacea?
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  • blossomhill_2
    blossomhill_2 Posts: 1,923 Forumite
    ooooh maybe, but not like any I can find on Google
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  • lottiegirl
    lottiegirl Posts: 3,098 Forumite
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    rudbeckia maybe, sometimes i think they are also known as echinacea purpurea,
  • Tinks32
    Tinks32 Posts: 286 Forumite
    edited 16 September 2012 at 4:09PM
    It is Berkheya Purpurea . It is a native to South Africa hence the spiky stem!
    T&M sell it for £1.49 for 25 seeds.
    If you don't ask, you don't get! ;)
  • blossomhill_2
    blossomhill_2 Posts: 1,923 Forumite
    Tinks32 wrote: »
    It is Berkheya Purpurea . It is a native to South Africa hence the spiky stem!
    T&M sell it for £1.49 for 25 seeds.
    Many thanks ... pity garden centre is now closed ... will get seeds tomorrow LOL!:T
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  • Tinks32
    Tinks32 Posts: 286 Forumite
    My pleasure, Fyi it is a Perennial (but tender, I think if you sow it in April you should get flowers that year in the summer, although I am unsure as to whether this is correct so don't quote me). Sarah Raven has it too on her seed website.
    If you don't ask, you don't get! ;)
  • harrys_nan
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    :mad: T&M out of stock
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  • Davesnave
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    harrys_nan wrote: »
    :mad: T&M out of stock

    I wouldn't buy theirs anyway! :rotfl:

    No, you won't get flowers the same year as it's a short-lived perennial or biennial in this country, and if you want viable seed you need to grow more than one plant.

    This is the variety I like; it's more refined than the type.
    http://www.seedaholic.com/berkheya-purpurea-zulu-warrior.html
  • Tinks32
    Tinks32 Posts: 286 Forumite
    Actually I wouldn't either:) I prefer Chiltern seeds. Just seen they have a lovely yellow version called Berkheya multijuga which I have to confess to just purchasing... I have not grown these before but I hope the spikey stems might deter the squirrels, that seem intent on digging up anything and everything that is in my garden (except nasturtiums).
    If you don't ask, you don't get! ;)
  • Davesnave
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    Tinks32 wrote: »
    Actually I wouldn't either:) I prefer Chiltern seeds. Just seen they have a lovely yellow version called Berkheya multijuga which I have to confess to just purchasing... I have not grown these before but I hope the spikey stems might deter the squirrels, that seem intent on digging up anything and everything that is in my garden (except nasturtiums).

    Don't want to disillusion you, but that did a great job of dying for me after the slugs had pulverised it. I think it was justy too tender for here. :(

    Agree, totally squirrel-proof, though! :)
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