Help with a plant ID

jean
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Help with a plant ID Jul 10, 2008 20:02:01 GMT

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Post by jean on Jul 10, 2008 20:02:01 GMT

I haven't got a photo so I will try and describe the plant instead.

From a distance it looks like a large french lavender shrub but the flowers are definitely more blue. I'm sure its a kind of herb though there is no distinctive smell. The leaves are more feathery than a lavender though the same colour but more succulent. It seems to thrive in a gravel garden. Has anyone got any ideas please, I've had all my books out and got nowhere

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Jonah Deputy Head Gardener Posts: 1,708	Help with a plant ID Jul 10, 2008 20:30:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jonah on Jul 10, 2008 20:30:49 GMT Could it be a Perovskia/ Russian Sage J-Lo? Or has it got the flowers with ears?

fozzie Head Gardener Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail Posts: 2,016	Help with a plant ID Jul 10, 2008 21:16:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fozzie on Jul 10, 2008 21:16:25 GMT If it helpd this is my Perovskia, but she def has a strong scent, sometimes called Russian Sage
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jean Head Gardener Posts: 2,671	Help with a plant ID Jul 11, 2008 20:16:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jean on Jul 11, 2008 20:16:52 GMT I wondered if it was a sage but the flowers do have "ears" and look like a cross between a lavender hidcote and a french lavender, its really bugging me now I will have to take a sneaky picture.
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Spruance Admin And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies. Posts: 6,606	Help with a plant ID Jul 11, 2008 21:58:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Spruance on Jul 11, 2008 21:58:15 GMT I can't find a suitable image Jlo but might it be Salvia lavandulifolia (Spanish Sage).... www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Salvia+lavandulifolia
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Jonah Deputy Head Gardener Posts: 1,708	Help with a plant ID Jul 12, 2008 11:27:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jonah on Jul 12, 2008 11:27:26 GMT Found one Spru www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/salvia-lavandulifolia/itemno.PL30001732/

jean Head Gardener Posts: 2,671	Help with a plant ID Jul 31, 2008 21:09:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jean on Jul 31, 2008 21:09:47 GMT I still haven't managed a photo or identified it
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Tig Admin Garden Sage Posts: 42,354	Help with a plant ID Jul 31, 2008 23:09:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tig on Jul 31, 2008 23:09:26 GMT It's not purple toadflax is it?? www.floralimages.co.uk/plinarpurpu.htm Probably not - the leaves are feathery, but not really succulent
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Post by jean on Jul 10, 2008 20:02:01 GMT

Post by Jonah on Jul 10, 2008 20:30:49 GMT

Post by fozzie on Jul 10, 2008 21:16:25 GMT

Post by jean on Jul 11, 2008 20:16:52 GMT

Post by Spruance on Jul 11, 2008 21:58:15 GMT

Post by Jonah on Jul 12, 2008 11:27:26 GMT

Post by jean on Jul 31, 2008 21:09:47 GMT

Post by Tig on Jul 31, 2008 23:09:26 GMT

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