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Plant id please

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ChelseaChop · 19/05/2021 14:16

I have the picture this app but can’t identify this small bush. I think in high summer it sprouts small stubby pink flowers on sticks. The app keeps saying budleia but we have that elsewhere and I don’t think it is.

Thanks 🙏

Plant id please
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NanTheWiser · 19/05/2021 14:25

I would guess it’s Knautia macedonica, which has dark red Pom Pom flowers similar to Scabious to which it is related.

ChelseaChop · 19/05/2021 14:29

Yes dark red pom poms is a good description of the flowers. They are very similar to scabious. It’s really cute and I love how it stays in a neat little round bush.

Wow, thank you so much Smile

I need to read up on when I need to prune. I got rid of all the dead wood in Feb and haven’t touched it since.

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ChelseaChop · 19/05/2021 14:34

I remember the bees and butterflies were all over it last summer

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Beebumble2 · 19/05/2021 16:50

I don’t prune mine, the old ‘stick’ just fall off over winter.

MereDintofPandiculation · 19/05/2021 22:25

They are very similar to scabious. Field scabious is Knautia arvensis, so they're in the same genus.

Thanks for demonstrating why one shouldn't rely on apps Grin. You applied your plant knowledge to realise it had given you the wrong answer; many people using apps don't have that knowledge, and would have accepted the Buddleia id.

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