Any ideas on these 3?

Hi All,

These 3 are in my brother in laws garden and he is going to start his extension soon and the part of the garden where these are is in the firing line. Does anyone know what they are and how to propergate them?



I think that this may be an osterpermium??

Cheers
Rusty

 

First one looks like Scabious...
second one Astrantia..(sp)
third one is an Osteospernum...i think....

 

First one looks like Scabious.
Grows easily from seed, if he can hang for another 2 or 3 weeks, the seed heads will start to turn brown and then you can collect some seeds.

 

Think I agree with loli ...

 

Agree with lolimac too, the first one is Knautia macedonica a close relative of the scabious.

 

Yes and a real seed weed too, is Knautia. Trouble is you do not always get as good a colour as that from seed. If it is a small plant then it can be dug up and moved reasonably easily. Cut it down first and get as much root out as possible. Ditto the Astrantia. The Osteopsernum usually has roots coming from the stems near the centre of the plant which can be taken and potted up.