Identification Area

Thank you!

I agree with Bilbo675, it`s B. globosa.

joolz68 - I've just put some pics of mine up here.

Yes, that's near enough!!! Thank you!!! Val

Hi Jiffy perhaps you had some bananas inside the car

Your Hebe could be the 'White Gem' as you seem to have pinkish edges ...

Cheers Andy! How come when I googled I didn't get any photos with leaves on them? The ruby wedding photo does look a bit like my seedlings. Perhaps I do have astrantia after all!!!

I can see the difference Peter ... the G byzantinus are fuller in the bloom ... The ones on the roadside were more orange in colour. That is something strange here Peter ... I can't even remember when I have seen a Dandelion ... but I have seen packets of seeds of them for sale ...

At what point in time/history do you suppose an expression like that will become "Now you're typing"?

I agree with Jazz. For me, Pieris is very slow growing, so I would suggest you don't prune it at all unless you really have to.

I forgot to take closer pics before oiking it out, but it is now gone - a quick google reveals that it is indeed a sow thistle - vigorous blighters apparently!

That could possibly be it, thanks JazzSi.

I agree with Wiseowl, Cordyline Australis, they grow all over the island here.

Seed pods begin as round green bobbles where the flowers were. They ripen and split open. They rarely seem to set seed in Britain though.

Thank you, Palustris! I think you're spot on - there are crocus bulbs in there but I've only grown them from bulbs before and didn't realise they did this. In that case I shall let them get on with it and hope for a lovely crocus filled pot in the spring!

Me again, correction on spelling ... it should be Cistus ladanifer ...

Ha, you are right Bilbo, it is V bodnantense. For some reason when I read tinus I thought bodnantense. .

Does it taste like rocket?

When the flower finishes the seed pod will remain, it is large and round, let it mature the seeds inside, then collect into a paper envelope when it turns brown. If when you collect the pod the weather is wet, leave the seeds somewhere warm and dry to dry out completely.

I also agree it's Briony ... I have it creeping and climbing over the stone walls trying to get into my garden from the orange groves. It's a right nuisance ... get rid of it quickly as it grows with amazing speed and if you let it seed you will have even more next year ...