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    dipstick Apprentice Gardener

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    Could anyone please tell me what this plant is called. I bought it several years ago at the Eden Project and have lost the label. I only know that it was a tropical plant. Many thanks. Richard p.s. It has the most wonderful scent. IMG_5502.JPG
     
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    I'm not sure it is a platycodon.
    Platycodon flowers don't have the long trumpet behind the flower and the leaves are different.
    Platycodon flower buds also look like a balloon.

    I have seen the plant you have, but I can't recall the name.

    Here's one of my platycodons-
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    • Victoria

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      Welcome Tropical2.jpeg dipstick Richard and welcome to GC.

      I feel like I should know this plant but my mind is blank with the fact it is heavily scented. :scratch:

      Perhaps @pete and @CarolineL can shed some light here.
       
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Its nothing I have ever grown, be interested as to what it is.:smile:
       
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      Could it be a scented perennial phlox?
       
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        I came back to say Phlox divaricata or one of the creeping ones. but I wouldn't class them as tropical.
         
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          Phlox Blue Paradise is scented -
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            Thank you so much for all the replies. I must say that the phlox Paniculata Blue Paradise is so similar it must be the one. It was several years ago when I visited the Eden Project so I think maybe my memory isn't so good. My apologies but maybe it wasn't a tropical variety. Thankyou all for your time.
             
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              @dipstick, I think there are quite a few plants that look tropical but are hardy in the UK, and are useful to create a tropical look, without having to protect everything in winter.
               
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