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Plant ID please.

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elsien
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Something common and flowering, but can't for the life of me remember what.
Thanks
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.

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  • Davesnave
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    edited 13 April 2020 at 9:42AM
    Scabious?  Species foxglove, like lutea?
    To be honest ,the size of the picture really isn't helping!
  • Sorrel? a pic of the flower might help too

  • elsien
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    Flowers not out yet. I'll post a better picture of the leaves. 
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    The suspense is killing me.....! :#
  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 36,033 Forumite
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    Will these help?
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Davesnave
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    edited 16 April 2020 at 7:04AM
    Possibly an aster, but I'm going to look again when I've woken up.....
    EDIT: Having looked at some of mine, I'm sticking with aster. Don't think they're quite right for Penstemon and I can rule out the Scabious and Digitalis suggestions made earlier.
  • elsien
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    Davesnave said:
    Possibly an aster, but I'm going to look again when I've woken up.....
    EDIT: Having looked at some of mine, I'm sticking with aster. Don't think they're quite right for Penstemon and I can rule out the Scabious and Digitalis suggestions made earlier.
    Thank you, yes it's an aster. 
    Now that you've said it, I can recall buying it for colour in my yard then leaving it in the pot because I couldn't decide what else to do with it after the flowers had gone. 
    Much obliged. 
    Note to self - if you've got a memory like a sieve, stick labels in the blasted things. 
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Davesnave
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    edited 16 April 2020 at 10:26AM
    Ah, well, before you write that label, you might like to read the following, copied from the very excellent Claire Austin:

    Renaming Asters

    Sadly, in 2015 Asters suffered at the hands of botanists. Almost all types of asters from the United States were lumped under one or two new names, while many others from around the world stayed as aster. I don’t object to this, but what I do think is ridiculous is the awful, unpronounceable name they have re-Christened these wonderful Michaelmas Daisies and New England Asters.

    Here are some examples of commonly available Asters and their new names:

    Aster acris is now Galatella sedifolia

    Aster cordifolius is now Symphyotrichum cordifolius

    Aster ericoides (as in ‘Pink Cloud’) is now Symphyotrichum ericoides

    Aster herveyi is now Eurybia x herveyi (not so long ago this was Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’ and a name that still crops up on nursery lists.

    Aster laterifolius (as in ‘Horizontalis’) is now Symphyotrichum laterifolius

    Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster) is now Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

    Aster novi-belgii (Michaelmas daisy) is now Symphyotrichum novi-belgii


    ......or you could just enjoy the flowers ! :D


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