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Offline Eric Hardy

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What’s this plant please?
« on: May 20, 2020, 08:54:21 AM »
Please can someone identify the garden plant for me. We have had it for years but it’s name escapes me. It is growing out of a joint in some steps and spreads like a mat over the steps.
Here it is in situ



And these two I tried to photograph like a specimen.




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Re: What’s this plant please?
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2020, 09:56:40 AM »
Phuopsis stylosa at a guess.

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Re: What’s this plant please?
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2020, 12:32:24 PM »
Thanks Eric.

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Re: What’s this plant please?
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2020, 01:48:55 PM »
You are a genius Eric. I didn't know that plant beforehand. It was actually in the Ideas Genie Pro 6 Master Database as a species and one cultivar -  Phuopsis stylosa 'Purpurea'.
Using that to google search, I found this website which gives a good description:
https://www.rushfields.com/plantguide/plant/perennial/phuopsis-stylosa-purpurea