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Does anyone know what this plant is please?
Poppy Girl
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We have a few of these in our garden, this one has grown in front of our ivy fence. I assume they are wild plants but I really like them and love the colour of the flowers. Does anyone know what it is please?
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Looks like honesty Poppy lady
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you. Never heard of it so will have to look in my wildflower book
Honesty is a garden plant that often seeds itself into the wild - you'll probably recognise it's seed cases http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3308038/How-to-grow-Honesty.html
there are white and variegated versions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So if I collect these seeds will they grow if I plant them in a different place?
Yes! Can seed around.
Lunaria annua... common name Honesty. See..
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lunaria+annua&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=66-sUYjKMq2a0QWy14DQDg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967
Shouldn't bother collecting them Poppy, just let them seed themselves around.
In the sticks near Peterborough
OK will do