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Plant id request

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:31 am
by ian s
Last year I had a lot of odd seedlings appearing in the garden where I'd spread some awful peat-free rubbish to get rid of it - most were uninteresting things but I liked the leaf shape of this one so dug it up and kept it in our unheated conservatory over winter (which might explain why it looks a bit leggy?) and a few weeks ago some flower buds appeared. One has opened, does anyone recognise what it is?
Last year - the thin green leaves in the pot are a Sprekelia
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Edit - this shows the colours a bit better
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Re: Plant id request

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:24 am
by Chad
Isotoma; possibly Isotoma petraea?

Chad

Re: Plant id request

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:14 pm
by ian s
Thanks, it certainly does look like a pale flowered form of I. petraea. I see it's Australian so when it's planted out I'll try taking a few cuttings as winter insurance.