Identification Area

Update....I removed all the alkanet and the back garden looks much improved. A deciding factor was when a neighbour commented on all the weeds we had!

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They look like cues to me but then again i haven't seen red cue seeds

Blast ... was expecting to be enlightened :( FWIW I bought 100 each of about 5 different coloured labels. I put them in pots to "identify them", so if I have just 3 or 4 of something (pricked out seedlings, rooted cuttings, ...) that I have put in small pots (say) I label one properly, and...

thanks for the answers since i took this photo i have dug up this plant and repositioned it in a a border in the allotment with a few goose berry bushes in front of it, i have supported it with a few canes, i shall read up on it and post pics as it grows

Great, thanks for your help.

Thanks for that Silver Surfer, Rhododendron cilpinense looks to be a definite possibility. I found a some more useful links from the one you posted too, it looks like it belongs to either the 'small leaved' rhododendron group or the 'dwarf' ones. (Also, as a professional gardener, quite...

It is saint johns indeed , I looke it up on net and it is that for defs thank you very much is there anyway of taking cuttings off , also I did save some seeds from last year so I will try thm , once again thanks

Many thanks..I will try and get a better picture tomorrow..seem to be lots of them in my garden at the moment..also found a few in my greenhouse..Thanks

Thanks!!

Thanks all for your help, I will look into those now and see how to grow them. If anyone else has any ideas be great to hear your thoughts.

Yes certainly does look like a Japanese honeysuckle as you say, I found this pic & it shows that not all the leaves are always that shape..

Cool. Thanks again. Hope they don't do any more damage before the cavalry arrive.

Well he certainly doesn't look like his dad, not in that picture anyway!

well I hope they don't mind shade ;-) I'm running out of sunny spots!

I've never heard of it so "maybe" !!

flowering currant, looks like a sucker growing off a nearby shrub or re growth from one that was dug up, i have some in my garden paeony hosta , got loads in my garden

Thank you westwales as well.

Hi Felzilla, What you have there is Carex pendula, a native grass which is sometimes planted in gardens and seeds like mad, becoming quite invasive. Personally, I'm not too keen on it and remove it in most cases. There is not much you can do with it pruning wise, only reduce it by digging some...

Sounds like you could have an escaped snake or other reptile in your garden then.