Zombie Rock Rose Dilema........

Cant help as regards the names but they certainly look healthy now and the three intermingling look very effective, bet your glad you didn,t just throw them out at the time ,we all need a little nurturing sometimes and yours paid off this time plus you got your money back....

thanks Lincslass, and yes i had a right result did'nt I, it really is a miricle that they came back, i think i just forgot about them, i often do things like that, i think i kept them and put them in the back of the greenhouse the first place incase T&M wanted me to return them, then just forgot they were there until i cleaned out the greenhouse...then low and behold.

Thats a very good impression indeed hehe bless her heart

good luck with your quest

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lol brooke well good impression,, cant help with names ang.. sorry

The white could be The Bride, googling reveals that the yellow one is probably Ben Fhada, deep pink must be Ben Ledi, the other pink is more difficult though!

I love the photo of Brooke! lol

Very lovely Rock Roses there Maj.....don't have them myself though and don't know the names..........Like that little Rose at the end though, my daughter has one very similar.......:o)

thanks all and Madmum, - your a star - the bride does sound familiar...i think that is defo it. i am not sure which pinks you mean, do you mean no 2 or no 4- the one that is tri- coloured? thanks for all your help.

Could the pale pink one be 'Wisley Pink' AKA 'Rhodanthe Carneum'???

it is possible Spritz, i really don't know to be honest it does'nt ring a bell. so do you think i am right in thinking number 4 is 3 plants intermingled and not a really unusual plant that flowers 3 colours then? lol

Yes - I really can't see that one Helianthemum plant could produce three different colours!

thats what i thought, it's clever though is'nt it, as the flowers are pretty much exactly the same type and form just different colours....you could be fogiven for thinking they are all on the same plant could'nt you.

Only just found your Rock Rose blog - Yellow I would say is Ben Fhada, deep pink with darker centre (is it scarlet?) ought to be Ben Ledi as all the "Bens" seem to have a dark centre, white is probably The Bride. Take a look at www.helianthemums.co.uk for a wonderful way of identifying them.

thanks Shirley, will do :-)

I read an article by Alan Titchmarsh somewhere recently and he did say that there's a Helianthemum that has different coloured flowers on it. I was in the Dr's Surgery at the time... I didn't have anything to write on and couldn't tear the page out in public, could I??

mmmm well that is interesting, i will have to do some more research on that. however, i have since discovered a few babies appearing around the base of a couple of the rock roses that i have, so i think they do also self seed the babies have'nt flowered as yet but if they are all different it is also possible that this plant is just 3 different ones that self seeded them selves

I wasn't as lucky, I bought the same collection two last year from T&M and mine were virtually dead when I got them. I potted them on and left them in my coldfram,e for months but not one grew. I was very annoyed and have not bought any plants from T&M since.
What a pretty little flower your bottom photo is !!!(Ha Ha)

Paul, I have given T&M one last chance this year, after two years of dud plants but although I got some good little Gauras, the Coreopsis are hopeless and I shall also give up on them!

i dont blame you Spritz, i have vowed never to use them again, and did you get your money back Paul? - i did, so i had a right result really. Jparker are usually much better, but they have been rubbish this year too, i have had to complain about everything i have bought so far, and the Geranium Laura i ordered and paid for they were unable to send at all, and months later decided to refund me. :-/

No, Ang, I didn't bother. I know I should have!

never mind Paul lesson lernt for next time..... i would'nt use the again.

Oooo - I love Heleniums! Sorry if s'one above has already said, but number 2 will be Ben Ledi as I have that one. Hope that helps!