What's this?

[thatsjustmyface]

Any ideas what this plant is? Bought last year and it's survived over the winter but wondering if it'll flower again. It had a couple of long thin stems with small red flowers coming of it.

Anyone?

I know you said you bought it, but it looks a bit like Rosebay Willow Herb, which does have spikes of pink flowers, but is a wild flower.

Thanks for the reply. I've just googled that and it did look similar but fewer flowers that were a bright red. Maybe related?

On second thoughts it might be Lychnis Chalcedonica.

Maybe penstemon?

I thought red valerian?

Dianthus ‘flashing lights’? Not valerian.

It’s not a wallflower is it?

Thanks for the suggestions all, I've had a google of each but the flowers last year were more spaced out up the thin stems than those plants. Any other ideas?

Or am I safe in assuming because it's lived another year that it's likely to flower again?

I thought wallflower too...

Perennial wallflower

Although mine is already in flower

So that makes me think penstemon now

Another try - Lobelia Cardinalis.

Yes! That's the one - lobelia cardinalis! Thank you. Now I just have to figure out how to keep it happy 😆.

Can you plant it in a flower bed? They tend to spread and like a bit of room.

Unfortunately we've just got a small yard - patio slabs and gravel. Does it need to be in a bigger container?