Help identifying this plant pleaee 3 July 2022 at 4:26PM in Greenfingered MoneySaving 6 replies 302 views

tooldle

Any knowledgeable folks able to identify this plant / weed please? Any help much appreciated 

Flugelhorn

possibly purple toadflax

tooldle

Flugelhorn said:

possibly purple toadflax

Thank you Flugelhorn, much appreciated. 

twopenny

Not invasive, quiet pretty and needs no care plus the bees love it.
Not sure why we don't grow it as a garden plant. Seems ideal.

Woolsery

twopenny said:

Not sure why we don't grow it as a garden plant. Seems ideal.

Actually, we do, though the pink form is my preference:(Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went.') If growing that, the purple one needs to be eliminated, as seedlings won't come true. Luckily, with our space we can have them both, about 50m apart and that's OK.

mjm3346

twopenny said:

Not invasive, quiet pretty and needs no care plus the bees love it.
Not sure why we don't grow it as a garden plant. Seems ideal.

There was some of this growing in the garden where I lived 16 years ago - several moves since then and seeds have produced new plants/seeds and still have some in the garden today - bees like it but it can get black/green fly at which point I remove the plant.



The RHS list several suppliers - one

https://www.cornwallplants.com/store/p56/purpletoadflax.html

Flugelhorn

I often encourage it as a plant as the bees love it