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    View attachment 120817 Sorry for the bad quality picture - my mum has given me a cutting off a perennial in her garden and neither of us know its name. Any ideas? Thanks!

    Edit :added better picture now apologies!
     

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      Sadly, we have not a hope of identifying that from the image - can you take another photo, a bit closer, to give us another clue?
       
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        Tried zooming in...need clear close up pic.

        Just a long shot...maybe Kalmia polifolia compacta alba


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        Sorry @Silver surfer , I'm thinking more along the alpine route. Perhaps a Silene or Saxifrage.
         
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        I did say it was a long shot.
        Might be a million miles out.

        trimmed pic below.

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          I thought maybe a white Heather.
           
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          Sorry there we go folks x

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            That's done it @Leanne2511 , it's Iberis Sempervirens ( Perennial Candytuft ). A beautiful little Sub-Shrub. That means it grows like a shrub but doesn't grow large.
             
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              Yes agreed @KFF I have the pink version.. :thumbsup:
               
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                Clear pic really helps.
                Ignore my suggestion.
                Iberis it is!
                 
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                  Your first suggestion was still much better than mine would have been - the only suggestion I could have made was 'greenus smudgeus' :heehee:
                   
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                    Can I suggest it would look so much better with dark slate or similar chippings, the white background just loses the effect.
                    I give mine a hard cut back after flowering, keeps it compact.:smile:
                     
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                      I grew iberis as a large group ....maybe 15 of them....with a similar group of alyssum saxatile on a sunny bank. Very eye catching in spring and a combination I can recommend :)
                       
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                        Hi @Verdun I currently have a small cluster of iberis next to a small cluster of lithodora grace ward. There is gap at the front that I haven't decided what to do yet. It would be nice to have a clearly defined edge. If I filled that with a row of aurinia, would it fit or would it crowd the others out. Everything is on the level. Until everything is mature it's difficult to know how big these plants are going to be.

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                        We'll let @Verdun answer that one then shall we. It seems he's the only one with the experience to do it.
                         
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