Purple flowers

 Can anyone identify these flowers for me? They came in a mix from a
greenhouse I bought.

www.normanbrooks.co.uk

Many thanks

 
Lovely pictures and colour combinations btw

Is it a verbena (bonensis?)

 AlisonAPg wrote:

No, I've just checked against a few web sources, also tried the RHS web
site and books that I have and asked in the village, can't seem to get
an identification. The flowers start out tightly curled then unravel
over time to about 3 inches long. Seems to be an annual as I had one
plant last year (now got dozens).

 

Try looking up Vipers Bugloss in a wild flower book.  I think that is what
it is.

HTH

Marina
        E. Sx.

 reeserve.co.uk> writes

Is the flower spike quite right? See

http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/echium_vulgare.htm

I agree with you the curling flower stem is very like a member of the
borage/forget-me-not/comfrey family.
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Kay
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