Tall White Daisies?

The label in the pot said "Tall White Daisies".  My mum gave me the plant a couple of years ago when I moved in, and although I planted it last year it didn't do anything.  This year it grew and grew, and had masses of tiny buds for weeks.  I was intrigued to see what type of tall white daisies they would be.  They obviously weren't leucanthemum, might they be a type of aster maybe?  Gradually they opened and revealed themselves - not exactly tall white daisies, more of a tall golden rod!  Not what I was expecting, but thanks mum as it does give some good autumn colour!

Golden Rod

Sudbury's Plant Sale

Today was the annual plant sale in Sudbury.  I'd never been before, and nearly didn't go this year because of the weather, but I'm very glad I made the effort.  Friends and neighbours had often told me how good it was, but I have to admit I was half expecting a selection of bedding plants and not much else.  How very wrong I was.  There were many specialist nurseries from around this area of Suffolk and Essex with a good range of unusual plants.  I came back with these:

Thalictrum Rochebrunianum

Chiastophyllum Oppositifolium

Jovellana Violacea

Disporopsis Pernyi

 Geranium Splish Splash

The Jovellana isn't fully hardy so will have to be moved into the greenhouse over the winter.  It, and the Chiastophyllum and Thalictrum, came from Priory Plants, a nursery I first came across at the NCCPG plant heritage fair at Helmingham Hall last year (where I also bought some wonderful Cedric Morris Irises which I will share with you when they bloom). 

Now all I have to do is find the right homes for them all!