This one is a total mystery to me. I have no idea what it is. I have not altered the photographs in any way. I know that the unusual colouring may be the effect of the low sun of the late afternoon passing through the leaves and other parts. It was growing on a piece of un-tended waste ground which may at one time have been a kitchen garden (an area close to a Victorian building). So it could be a cultivated plant or a wild one. It seemed to be growing in a creeping way along the ground – a bit like a pea without support. It was difficult to tell because I had to view it over a fence and couldn’t get up close. I used a zoom for the pictures. The blue-purple colouring gives it a kind of alien look. Perhaps you recognise it? I’d love to know what it is.
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Honeywort, Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’,
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Try “Cerinthe major Purperea scene” or a similar plant, cultivated. Violet waxflower? Not sure about the translation
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It’s very pretty! But sorry, no idea what it is!
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It’s Cerinthe purpurea. A garden escapee.
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Cerinthe major purpurascens
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It’s likely a garden escapee – Cerinthe major purpurascens. Beautiful isn’t it?
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Thanks, Andy. I have never come across it before. A garden plant originating in the Mediterranean I believe.
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Well done, Andy. I was going to guess a member of the fuchsia family.
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Thanks, Ola. Andy says it is called Honeywort here in the UK.
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Thanks, Jo. Seems like a lot of readers know it – Honeywort – Cerinthe major “Purperea” or “Purpurescens”.
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Thanks, Gordon. I have just never encountered it before. It probably has a long history of survival in the patch of ground where I spotted it – maybe going back to the late 19th century.
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Thanks, Apuldor. Seems like I am almost the only one who doesn’t know what it is.
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Thank you, Frogend Dweller. It is really beautiful. So unexpected in its location but easy to overlook amongst all the Garlic Mustard and Tuberous Comfrey growing in the same patch. I don’t think I would have noticed it at all if the sun had not been shining through the leaves to give that rainbow effect.
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That was as near as I got it, Emma. Some sort of fuchsia but I knew the leaves were not right.
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I grow it exactly for that effect. It seems like self-seeding in the gravel driveway rather than growing in the border.
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It looks like Hellibore to me. We have had some that colour but we’ve moved home so cannot check. I am no expert so others are probably right. Plenty of hellibore images on the web so Google it and compare.
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Thanks, Bob. I looked at Hellebore but it is not that. Honeywort, as suggested by others today, fits the bill exactly. I am just surprised that I had never seen it before even though I was a keen gardener before I moved to a flat.
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We’ve never heard of that! Glad you’ve identified it! It’s very pretty.
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My vote is for alien species 🙂
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My first thought!! Some kind of Triffid – but then I thought … perhaps not.
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It’s a plant conjured up by magic. Just exquisite.
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Thank you, Claudia.
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Hi Jessica,
I think it is called Cerinthe major.
kind regards Susan
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Thank you, Susan. I seem to be the only person who did not know what it was but it was a delightful surprise to discover it.
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