Help with some ID's

Ok, a few more plants from my travels at Glamis Castle a few weeks back, wondered if anyone could help identify ?


Came across this lovely hardy geranium , just wondered if anyone had any idea's as to it's name? I'd love some in my own garden. I did take some seed heads (Naughty I know- but there were plenty) but I think they may not have ripened enough and won't be viable (as they were still green)




I have a few seeds from this lovely Astrantia (definetely viable), but wondered if anywone had any idea as to the variety?





Loved this combination of colours, sedum in the background, but is the one in the foreground with the white flowers some type of aster?



Couldn't get a good photo of this one.....flowers were too small to focus and I didnt have my other lense. It was growing up the back wall of the garden in between the bricks it would seem.





Thanks in advance

 

Hi Cosmos the last flower is this Cymbalaria muralis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia very pretty plant

I will look into the other ones also your Astrantia picture is lovely

 

Hi Aesculus thanks it did look pretty growing in the wall. The leaves reminded me of a trailing geranium I have. Very thick and waxy.

 

The white flowered variety is nice as well and you don't often see that:(


Kennilworth Ivy by orchidthief, on Flickr

 

Oooh that is a nice one

 

The third picture is Michaelmas daisy I think.

 

Thanks Sheal, Armandii :D Can't wait to try and propagate the astrantia, it really caught my eye

 

Commonly known as toadflax. It grows wild around here, quickly colonizing walls and chinks in paving.

 

As for the geranium, it's a little difficult because there are so many cultivars with similar flowers. If it forms a fairly neat clump and has deeply cut leaves, it could be Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir White’.

 

ClaraLou, Thanks I hadn't seen the Toadflax before, although no doubt I'll notice it everywhere now!! Lovely though, and was trying to work out the origins in my head from what I could see but was left baffled. Thanks for the geranium advice too, I'll have to see if I can get germination....then we'll see. However from memory I think it was a fairly low grower so that would figure. I would also assume, as the garden has been estbalished for a few years that it would be an 'older' variety.

Sheal, thank you. Not something I would be fond of normally, but just shows how the right combinations really bring out the best in everything.

Armandii you are right about liking the first variety Although I'm fairly game for anything to be honest!! As long as it's a natural looking colour I'll give it a go :D And I'm all for purples so will look out for that Noticed these in a lot of displays this year at RHS, seems to be a 'trendy' plant at the moment.