Another unidentified plant

[anniep]

Hurrayyyy!!! Someone from the RHS website forum has identified my odd plant. It's Campanula Takesimana "Beautiful Trust" and originates in Korea. Now, how on earth it got from Korea to my old plant-pot is anybody's guess but never mind, it's here and I'll cherish it now.

Thanks to everyone for examining the photos of my little rarity.

[Hedera]

What a turn-up! So John Ceterach was on the right track. Will it bear seeds I wonder, or does it need another plant to fertilise it? So glad you've got a solution. It's been fun.

[anniep]

Yes indeed, John was on the right track but it's not abnormal after all. I had a reply from Birmingham Botanical Gardens also identifying it correctly and they've asked me for some seeds if/when it ripens. I'll have to wait and see what happens with it when the flowers finish but it would be nice to think that Birmingham would introduce it into their fabulous gardens. Well worth a visit, by the way. It has been fun Hedera, thanks for your interest.

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by anniep

Hurrayyyy!!! Someone from the RHS website forum has identified my odd plant. It's Campanula Takesimana "Beautiful Trust" and originates in Korea. Now, how on earth it got from Korea to my old plant-pot is anybody's guess but never mind, it's here and I'll cherish it now.

Thanks to everyone for examining the photos of my little rarity.

Great find

Presumably it sprung up from seed lying dormant in the compost - I had a couple of Spotted Cranesbills (Geranium maculatum), a North American weed, appear from a standard bag of B&Q dirt last summer

Assuming it definitely wasn't planted, I'd recommend you also send a photo to the BSBI, because I'm pretty sure it'd be a first British record

[ceterach]

Originally Posted by Hedera

What a turn-up! So John Ceterach was on the right track. Will it bear seeds I wonder, or does it need another plant to fertilise it? So glad you've got a solution. It's been fun.

Gives me a warm glow in my toes!! it just looked like a Campanula. I have actually grown "normal" Campanula takesimana and a fine plant it is. I must admit I don't like this mutant but there you go, thank goodness we are not all the same.

[ceterach]

Originally Posted by davidbr

Assuming it definitely wasn't planted, I'd recommend you also send a photo to the BSBI, because I'm pretty sure it'd be a first British record

David

It is on sale commercially so how can it be a first record?

All the best

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by ceterach

David

It is on sale commercially so how can it be a first record?

All the best

A first record in the wild, I meant.

[ceterach]

Originally Posted by davidbr

A first record in the wild, I meant.

In the wild? Out of compost in the garden, I think that is stretching it a bit far I have had cacti in my garden growing from seed out of compost I threw out of the greenhouse, should I record them!!

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by ceterach

In the wild? Out of compost in the garden, I think that is stretching it a bit far I have had cacti in my garden growing from seed out of compost I threw out of the greenhouse, should I record them!!

I don't make the rules - "compost aliens" feature quite regularly in my Alien Plants of the British Isles, so as I see it Annie's plant would be accepted as a wild record.

As for your cacti, well, if you actually sowed the seeds yourself, that might be stretching it a bit far - although it's probably the same route that most modern records of Corncockle & Cornflower come from

[KeenTeen17]

I hope we don't get into an "its been planted" "that doesn't count" debate