Dunno but i wish it would start growing in mine!

It will be interesting to find out what it is, the flowers and capsules look similar to convolvulous, julien

This ID comes up several times a year and its called Shoo Fly - can't remember its Latin name but Drc726 knows as bless her, she sent me some seeds a couple of summers ago.

I'm tempted to say Nicandra (Shoofly flower, or, Apple of Peru), but the leaves don't look quite right......

Crikey, you were all quick! Or maybe I'm typing slowly......

Yep, Meanie, it's a Nicandra physaloides.

I dont remember that Cammomile? Like Meanie I to wondered about the leaf edge but the flower suggests it is Nicandra physaloides, from the Nightshade family, Apple of Peru and shoo-fly plant its native to Peru, keep it as a house plant? or you might lose it in the garden?

The first Nicandra of the year! Your plants are getting off the starting blocks quick Anne. :-) Last year this plant appeared every day in "what is this.."-type questions, but starting about August. It must be the hot dry spring bringing everything on early this year.

Oh No! Does that mean that the seeds I sowed a couple of weeks ago won't be 'shooing' any flies until August?

...ah, well - back to the drawing board....

Thank you all so much for your answers. This is my first time on here. I love gardening and have been doing it for many years now, but it's really good to have somewhere to turn to when the books let you down. I hope I am able to give as much help as I receive. Thank you all again.
Anne.

Life can be so strange sometimes, today i actually saw this growing in someones garden and the lady wanted to know its name, she actually brought a pack of sweet peas, instead these came up, julien.

hello, all, just joining, don't know much, but this plant
looks like what I have, growing wild, beside my driveway? A lady at the garden shop told me it was
a weed!?
Anyway, Rose of Sharon, is what I call it, maybe
I'll look it up to see if that's right, looks just like mine, but mine is white flowered.
This is what I found, does this look like what you have growing in your garden?
(copy and paste this address into your browser)
http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.com/rose-of-sharon-bush.html

They are calling it "Hibiscus Syriacus", or Rose of Sharon? Perhaps yours and mine are a different
color? Oh, well, just thought I'd see what you
thought. : )

Humbleiron, this is where we get into difficulty with common (English) names. There are at least 2 shrubs called "Rose of Sharon". One is Hibiscus syriacus - the one you found, and the other is Hypericum calycinum which is quite different.
I'm quite sure that Annie's plant is neither of these - it's Nicandra physaloides, also known as Shoo-fly plant.

If you'd like an opinion, or several, on what your plant is you'll need to ask a question and post its picture. We all like "What's this?" type questions, so go ahead! :-)

Hi Humbleiron, I did as you said (under instruction from my OH, as I'm not at all computer literate!!) and realised that the flower you have is a hibiscus as you say, whereas mine is a Nicandra physaloides, thanks to Beattie, Drc726,
Tug, Meanie and Cammomile! It's a member of the Nightshade family, which Potatoes and tomatoes also belong to, if I'm not mistaken. Funny ol' world, isn't it?
Thanks to everyone, anyway. I looked it up in my RHS plant book, and there it was, large as life. It says it's hardy, but I'll keep it in a pot, then I can put it in the greenhouse over winter. Annie (Cumbria)