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Hi Folks,
I have been "lurking around" on this site for a couple of months now and have learnt a lot. Thanks to you all.
This is my second summer in my first "proper" garden.
Last year I transplanted my favourite plant and it has since thrived. It has the most delicate old-fashioned scent. I have no idea what it is.
I think it was bought at a plant sale in Gatehouse-of-Fleet a few years ago.
I realise that the photo is not too clear. I might try to borrow a tripod to help get a better picture.
TIA
Jinty

 

Here is a better photo.

 

It's a very pretty variety of phlox.

 

Hi Liz,
Thanks again! (I got a black dalek compost bin for zero pounds from the council - probably don't empty and mix as often as I should)
Phlox that rings true - why didn't I think of that?
Can phlox have leaves where the veins run parallel?

 

I do not ever remember seeing a double flowered phlox paniculata before. The back of the flower looks like either a Silene or perhaps a Saponaria. I will try and find a decent picture of one for comparison.

 

Could be Saponaria officinalis?

 

All of my Phlox have this leaf pattern.

 

Saponaria Officinalis leaf! Looks right!

 

Saponaria

 

Tis sight says it has a sweet clove like scent:
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Saponaria+officinalis
Does it set seed- it sounds avery useful plant!

 

Excellent!
You are all brilliant.
Thanks for being so helpful.
I like the flowers too much to consider using the roots for soap.
I remember having what I thought was soapwort in another garden - it was like a ground cover plant and had lovely dainty pink flowers that lasted nearly all summer. I thought that the thick (about 3" stem) was the "soap".

 

Well, that saves me having to find a decent picture. Serves me right for going for a walk down the lane does it not? We have S. o. flora plena rubra and it is one of the most invasive thugs in the garden. I have been trying to get rid of it for ages, it even laughs at Roundup!

 

I thought it spread by layering and possibly rhizomes. But the fact that it has spread so well in the last year could possibly be due to it seeding.
I bought it at a plant sale years ago (maybe 1 or 2 before the foot and mouth disaster). It survived in deep damp shade (forgotten about under a lot of weeds). It then survived for a couple of years in damp shade after that, was in a pot for a year (moved house) and now it is thriving wonderfully ( full sun for half the day).
Scent is delicate but delicious! May have a hint of clove, definately a sweet "old-fashioned scent"
The link posted (by Liz) says it can be pretty invasive and I think that may very well be true.

 

S. o. flora plena rubra?
would that be the same but different?
I think the one I have is beautiful - but then I thought that the (Spanish) bluebells in my new garden were pretty until I got to know them better!

 

Deeper pink thats all. It does not set seed (most double flowers are sterile), it spreads by roots.