What plant is it please?

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  1. gofoit2

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    As I drive around the area, I have seen a lot of small purple flowers at the edge of drives and climbing over walls, I know it's a ground cover plant and I thought it might be Campanula, but I have only seen that in light blue and white.
    Do anybody know what it is please? As I would love to have it on my front wall.

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  2. windy miller

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    Could be an Aubretia(Rock Cress). Grows well over walls and gives great colour.
     
  3. Banana Man

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    Could be Periwinkle (Vinca)

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  4. jazid

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    Possibly campanula portenschlagiana, a veritable weed in the South East and I suspect everywhere. More difficult to eradicate than the daleks, but very pretty and fun to deadhead.
     
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  6. Hornbeam

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    We need a photo. I reckon it's aubretia or campanula climbing over walls etc. Vinca likes shady hedge bottoms and the flowers are medium sized mauve/blue not small and purple
     
  7. jazid

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    Campanula portenschlagiana.

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    Vinca minor.

    Hope this helps Gofoit2.

    These are taken from the web-is there an issue with copyright for this sort of stuff or do you think its alright?
     
  8. Marley Farley

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    [​IMG] If it has just started flowering in the last couple of weeks I would say more likely Campanula as well. If it was in flower a little while back then may have been Aubretia... My Aubretia has more or less finished now, just the odd flower left. Anyway this is Aubretia.. ;)
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    This photo was taken from the internet too.

    [ 14. June 2006, 09:46 AM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]
     
  9. Liz

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    In addition, aubretia is the smallest flower and leaf, about 1/2", campanula is bigger, maybe 1", and vinca is the biggest. Aubretia and campanula form flower carpets with leaves only visible round the edges, vinca is not so densely flowered.
     
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