Can you identify please.

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  1. GazSuttonUK

    GazSuttonUK Gardener

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    I was given these two plants a couple of years ago...no one seems to know what they are.
    Can you help please?
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    Not sure about the first ( wondering if it`s a form of Meconopsis), but the second is a Campanula.:thumb:
     
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    Hi,

    Probably wrong but a poppy of some sort?
     
  4. Ivory

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    The flowers of the first look like some kind of Malva or lavatera or some such, but the leaves do not compute, lol.
     
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    As David says the second one certainly looks like a member of the Campanula family. There are so many members and cultivars that it would be difficult to be precise. But the colour reminds me of Adenophora, which is another member of the Campanula family. see http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/6452/1
     
  6. crofthouse

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    We have lots of the first one - and I used to have a pink version at my old house. I've always thought it was some sort of Mallow (lavatera) but I could be wrong.
    As everyone says, the second is clearly some form of Campanula.

    Anthony
     
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    I must be learning and retaining some knowledge because I thought the second one was campanula.:)

    As for the first pic, I have growm some crysenthemums from seed this year and the leaves look very much like those plants, but I guess I'm wrong.
     
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    It does very much look like the Adenophora.....Thanks very much:thumb:
     
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    I see I was right about the Mallow - nice to have an exact ID now! Just to add to the notes on the page quoted - they do seed very easily in the growing position; in fact, in my experience they self-seed quite prolifically given half a chance!

    Anthony
     
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