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Unidentified Plant

16 years ago

The link below shows some lovely hanging baskets in Montpellier, France.

Can anyone identify the light green tri-partite leaved plants hanging below each of the two baskets? Montpellier has many fabulous hanging baskets like these, most of which contain this plant.

I'd also be interested to identify the (barely discernible) purple leaved plant hanging in the shaded area immediately beneath the right-hand basket, above the green leaved plant.

Many thanks

Peter

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pineresin
16 years ago
May be a cultivar of Common Ivy, but the pic isn't quite clear enough to tell for certain.

Resin

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terramadre
16 years ago
Maybe Ipomoea batatas 'Margarita' and Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'

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