Identification Area

I've never seen it in flower (the Aristolochia), at first I thought A. clemititis but the leaves aren't quite the same (plus this vine is evergreen rather than deciduous), the leaves closely match A. elegans, but to be honest there are many Aristolochias, and just asking I doubt the gardens...

time ago I`ve posted a thread regarding frost hardy cactus , I`ve been read a lot about it and managed to collect couple of dozen frost hardy cactus , ready for spring to planted outdoor. Opuntia it`s the hardyest of all , some species can take -25 , about the rain it is true as we think about...

Thanks Googled for some images and it's definitely one :D Usually the clovers here are quite bland without any sort of pattern. I see it's mentioned as a weed

Yes, its Ficus Benjamina. You will have to re-pot it at some stage, I have one that's almost 6ft tall! Being a fig, they like to be starved and I water mine when I remember it. They like sun, but not draughts and don't like being moved from site to site. So if you find a good spot for it,...

Hhhmm. a whole new thread there."Ten Plants That You Wouldn't Be Without"?

I'd looked at some pics of that on Apples on whatamieating.comHowgate Wonder:Newton Wonder:And my unknown variety of cookers:

5 and 6 look like Coleus and 9 is possibly a type of Galeopsis?

Looking at it again and at my own, it does look like Billbergia Nutans (I only have the variegated type) and they are reasonably hardy although I lost B. Windii outside last winter after a few days at -5c. Given a light position indoors and just damp in winter it should flower.

Sorry Marley I've got a different idea to yours. I've had my Ficus 30 years, it's never been fed, the soil has been changed three times and it's roots are crammed into it's pot. It stands right beside a radiator and gets full sun during the summer. However they don't like draughts or low...

Thanks for that. I'll read up on that and see if I'll keep it or not.

Yes thank you Victoria, snap!It's a unusual and handsome plant and is in full bloom at the moment and seems to re-seed itself round and about. Glad to know what it is. Thanks.

Exactly, thank you it was driving me bonkers.

*cringes* I don't mind rats as long as I can see them, I remember I was removing a dead Convolvulus plant from my rockery a couple of years ago and I heard this god awful screeching noise, scared the treetreetreetree out of me

fantastic!thanks for the reply, i was worried that it was poisonous as our border collie seem to enjoy sniffing the plant/ weed. i will pull it upplus i didnt want to pull it up before i knew what it was!thanks once again

it is unlikely to be a sport, however posting it to iSpot is a good idea and it's a great website for getting ID's on anything

Welcome to GC greg:DLooks like a type of slime mould to me but other then that...

I have not visited it in person yet, but this one seems to interest me the most atmAnkerwycke Yew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThey reckon It's where Henry 8th hooked up with Anne bolon. How romantic of him :D

It's not an unattractive plant. If it popped up in my garden i would let it grow and flower, but control its seeding.

I am still learning all the time. The more I learn, the more I realise just how little I know! Cheers SS

Haha