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Identify this flower please?

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  • 17-09-2017 2:08pm
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    raemie10
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭


    I nearly cut these back as they were falling over, they're beside a hedge in my driveway. No idea what they are. The flower almost looks like a sweetpea bud! I would love to think they're peonies but I think that's wishful thinking :)


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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,437 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    No they are not peonies. They look a bit like some sort of pepper fruit but that shade of purple is gorgeous!


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    miezekatze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭miezekatze


    I have these in my garden too, but I don't have the label anymore and can't remember the name. They aren't peonies anyway.


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    mountainy man
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭mountainy man


    That is an Aconitum aka Monkshood, lovely plant, I grow a few different cultivars but it is poisonous so be aware if you have curious youngsters.


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    looksee
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    Ah yes! I haven't grown them myself but I have seen them a couple of times in 'poison gardens', they are very striking.


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    raemie10
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭raemie10


    miezekatze wrote: »
    I have these in my garden too, but I don't have the label anymore and can't remember the name. They aren't peonies anyway.

    Thanks a Mill,that's def them! Never heard of them!


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