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Author Topic: I should know what this is -- a lovely purple flower  (Read 882 times)

Claire Cockcroft

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I should know what this is -- a lovely purple flower
« on: July 19, 2020, 12:59:34 AM »
I can't come up with a name.  I hope someone can help me.

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Claire Cockcroft
Bellevue, Washington, USA  Zone 7-8

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Re: I should know what this is -- a lovely purple flower
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2020, 04:19:45 AM »
Could it be a Dracocephalum, perhaps D. tanguticum?

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Re: I should know what this is -- a lovely purple flower
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2020, 08:21:44 AM »
Hyssop? Hyssopus officinalis
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Claire Cockcroft

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Re: I should know what this is -- a lovely purple flower
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2020, 05:29:32 PM »
Hmmm.  I think you could be right, Fermi.  Now the question is, where on earth did I get it?  Ron Ratko has a habit of raising a lot of plants from seed and then giving pots to me.  This plant may have come from him.
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Claire Cockcroft
Bellevue, Washington, USA  Zone 7-8

 


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