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Jun 29, 2022 12:11 PM CST
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i have this growing around my house and I'm not sure what it is. It was probably in some wildflower seeds i thew out. I like it and would like yo get more
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Jun 29, 2022 12:19 PM CST
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Welcome! here new member. Looks like Gypsophila, or Pink Baby's Breath and I have been growing it for years. Mine has already bloomed and set seed. You can save your seed or let it fall on the ground and it will come again in early spring. I may be wrong, but nevertheless it's very beautiful. Here is a pic of mine back when it bloomed.
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Here it is when it first sprouts.
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Jun 29, 2022 12:24 PM CST
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Yours is a richer color and the leaves and stems are darker, but it looks similar. Mine came in a pack of wildflower seeds also.

Oh, BTW, if you save the seeds when they dry out be sure to put them in a brown paper bag or something like a plastic container with a lid because the seeds are almost microscopic, but the seed heads have a bunch of those tiny little seeds in them. I sow mine in August and I kind of crush the seed heads between my hands. I do not know what zone you are in, but you can find it under the Useful Tools drop down menu at the top.
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Jun 30, 2022 9:52 AM CST
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Hi & welcome! Very pretty!

Compare to Silene(s). Maybe this one:
Garden Catchfly (Silene rubella subsp. rubella)

Slowcala, I'm not sure your lovely plant isn't a Silene.
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Jun 30, 2022 12:48 PM CST
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Tiff, I am going out to the garden now and try to get a pic of some of the smallish ones that are still in bloom. To me that catchfly looks way different from my blooms. I'll get back to you and thanks. I'm anxious to find out what mine is exactly. I've been telling everybody it's PBB all these years. That is what the seed packet said anyway. BRB.
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Jun 30, 2022 12:59 PM CST
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Here are the pitiful pics. Sorry, but they are almost all gone to seed and the wind is blowing.

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Jun 30, 2022 1:23 PM CST
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It looks a lot like Phlox to me. There are several species that grow wild, maybe Phlox pilosa.

Does it have a nice scent? P. pilosa is wonderfully fragrant.

Although, with a closer look at your second picture, the leaves look more like silene, like purple mentioned.
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Jun 30, 2022 1:53 PM CST
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And they way they are petering out at this time of year is evidence toward Silene, for Slowcala's plant(s), from what I've seen. I haven't had any Phlox in the south but my Silenes are about done, usually don't last long once the heat sets in, or maybe it's day length, IDK for sure.

@ATLDB where you you? Generally, if you don't want us stalking your plants. LOL!
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