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newstart
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Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 04:05:17 PM »
These are the plants in photo's below they are alpines apart from the Geranium. Ones a saxifraga of some kind, some sort of Delosperma I think and a Geranium. The Geranium is a Dark blue flower.
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 04:12:18 PM »
The first one seems to be an Arabis rosette, but i cannot guarantee anything.
The following is Carpobrotus edulis, a real thuggish plague, at least here
No idea about the ID of the geranium (Could also be Erodium
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newstart
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 04:35:31 PM »
Can anyone else confirm the 2 we are not fully sure of ?
Thanks for the Carpobrotus edulis Michael!
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 04:52:47 PM »
I think the first is more likely a variegated saxifraga, such as
Saxifraga x urbium
'Variegata'.
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newstart
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February 17, 2010, 05:01:08 PM »
I thought it may be a Saxifraga an the net seems to confirm what you say. It does look awfully similar. Thanks. Anyone for a stab at the Geranium leaf Genus ?
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 06:05:35 PM »
Are you sure the Geranium has a dark blue flower? Do you have a photo?
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 17, 2010, 06:07:18 PM »
How tall does the geranium grow, David?
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newstart
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February 17, 2010, 07:14:07 PM »
In my brothers Garden in slight shade it grows just under a foot height by just over 1 foot wide. It does not appear like its a really vigorous or really compact for that matter. I do not have a photo but am nearly positive I remember it as dark blue and not pink for example. Thanks.
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February 17, 2010, 11:11:51 PM »
There are so many species and cultivars
... without fotos, it's very difficult
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Re: Hi everyone, can you identify these plants for me?
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February 18, 2010, 01:05:41 AM »
The Geranium leaf at first look brings to mind
Geranium sanguineum
, but definitely not a blue flower. Also quite a robust grower here, which by the sounds of it this one is not.
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newstart
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February 18, 2010, 04:22:15 PM »
Thanks for trying with the Geranium or what ever it is. I will wait till it flowers so you can see that and may be help. Its possible its not a Geranium but it has blue flowers. The other thing is its leaves are possibly not fully open as its a division from my brothers plant. Its harder to identify just now. In summer I will shoot it again.
Thanks again!
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