Identification Area

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

Thank you Scrungee I cut up a Acanthus and potted on, the Jacob's Ladder must have be in the same pot

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Such a shame as they are lovely (looking)

Agree that's what it looks like to me too. Maybe it hasn't grown very tall as it looks like it's competing with a fairly large Leylandii hedge.

Can I just make small clarification..... Aucuba japonica, common name Spotted Laurel. There are several named cultivars which can be 100% male shrubs... so only ever have flowers... no berries. Others are 100% female shrubs... these will have berries... if there is a male nearby. Whilst some...

I would agree with Joolz ... it looks what I had in Buckinghamshire.

It's a weed that I do tolerate as I rather like them. As said, it's easily kept in check with a trowel and keen eye.

I don't think you can pollard Rhododendrons! I have my willow, sort of, pollarded . When the tree gets big it's a "Don't try this at home" moment. This is done every five years.

The Choisya ternata is well worth keeping but you can prune it if you think it's taking over a bit too much. Ours flowers twice a year and, one year, flowered three times. Very powerful scent and a mass of white flowers.

Hi Ashleigh. I prune mine back quite hard usually in late spring early summer, depending on whether it's in flower or not (as you can see in the 1st photo). They do grow back quickly and it's the new leaves which are the red ones, as you'll see after you've pruned yours and it starts to grow...