Can anyone please identify this perennial, I planted it last year and the label has now disappeared, would be grateful if anyone can help.
Sorry it is not to clear, I can do it again if needed.
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well it looks familiar, but I can't remember the name of the thing I'm thinking of. If you had a picture which showed the leaves and stems, that might help people ID it.
it looks like a campion of some sort
It (the flower) looks like a Silene of some sort to me. Can we have a photo of the leaves please Ellie?
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Yes I was thinking of campion too Bugloss! I thought of the word lychnis though, and when I googled it, it didn't look right.
Ooh look "Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion (shared with the related genus Lychnis)" that's from Wikipedia.
red campion maybe Lychnis dioica, which is never ever red, unlike Lychnis chalcedonica, which is the reddest thing you ever saw. Very nice too
Thanks very much for all the suggestions re my plant. I'm afraid it has gone over now so I may not get the chance to take another photo. I cut off all the dead blooms today and noticed that the stem is sticky and that means it COULD be
"Lychnis viscaria" 'Splendens Plena'. I don't remember planting that though but then gardening is a great mystery and full of surprises. If I get a second flush of flowers I will be in touch.
Thank you all for taking the trouble to look it up for me.
Ellie2cats
I think this is 'Saponaria' - common names 'bouncing bett' and 'soapwort'. Try putting some leaves in water and rubbing together, if they lightly foam (like soap) then its likely to be Saponaria. Comes in single and double forms and can be 'alpine' height or 12-15" in height. Its of the family Caryophyllaceae
Silene dioica - red campion.