Identification Area

Silver surfer beat me to it. L. syringantha was my next guess. Had me fooled in that ours is a deeper red flower than that one. ?L.s. Dart's Red?

I'd agree looks like a Ribes sp. Can't be Ribes rubrum though as the laves are not cilliate. Most likely to be Ribes nigrum - Blackcurrant.

I would struggle to disagree with that id. A real booger to get to bloom! I'm going to try some leaf cuttings from Sues this year - they take easily enough from E.bicolor.

At least we all agree on a Rhodie then...

Ooops yes Pieris... I knew it began with a P & photinia popped into my mind.... Sorry Ann...

Most special Fuchsia are tender. Frost will kill most. More info here... Quote...from here..."A Fuchsia triphylla hybrid raised by Bonstedt of Germany and introduced in 1905. It is an upright bush that may be grown as a standard."

I've seen them happen too. I agree with Zigs, its fungi, although not being as knowledgeable as Zigs, I couldn't have named which one. It feeds on the wet cardboard of the big roll tubes.

Possibly sycamore but wait for another two leaves to open.

I have to agree..

Ooooh not sure I fancy something smelling like curry outside my window. (assuming thats what a "curry plant" smells like. I wasn't brave enough to step outside my flat last night, it was raining heavy and blowing a gale. It felt like a winters night.

well there were Rudbeckias there last year which my neighbour gave me and they were lovely but I was sure they were only annuals and I don't remember the leaves being that big! Gerberas would be lovely.

Does look different from the normal chestnut, but doesn't look like the Indian one.

I'm thinking I might grow some lemon balm in a notorious ground elder area and see which one comes out victorious!!

Thank you - glad to have it confirmed. They are incredibly hardy.

Technically a Viola. All Pansies are actually Viola..just the common name has become known Pansy. (Like all vacuums are called Hoovers.) This is a hybrid Viola. .........Viola X Wittrockiana 'Matrix Red Wing' Quote.... "Matrix Red Wing is an exciting flower that has a Red cap and Yellow...

Cheers Longk and Silu , it is Dianthus . Can just about remember planting them . I can now see how they perform this year

No, no blooms yet, Val

Melianthus has a blue green leaf which is waxy and leathery, slightly, and smells very peculiar. LongK's perennial is a yarrow or goldenrod type of thing with a much softer leaf texture.

Agree with longk No 2 Tadescantia

Thank you Madahhlia It looks like it, if it's poisonus i think i better be a bit more carefull when stimming the ditches and keeping then clear or it may be for Jiffy