Identification Area

Yes it is & small, it usually reaches about 2'

Thanks silver surfer!...think I need glasses :o lol

Agree with Dai - you may need to keep it under control, very quick growing in my experience but easy to prune.

The ususal recommendation is 'don't eat them unless you are starving' :D Never try eating any part of a plant unless you know it's safe. Just because the birds, or your pets, can eat things with impunity doesn't mean it's safe for you to eat.

Never mind Sherlock you did at least try!

Hi Sven, a long shot I know but do you think they might be Texas Mountain Laurel seeds i think they had the nickname of mescal beans.. Have a look here.. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~harms/MtL-seed.html It has the most amazing flowers if it is Sophora secundiflora - Google Search

Looks like salix (willow) somone will tell you which one , did it have fluffy buds in the spring ? Spruce

Juglans regia gets my vote too.

I think it is a very leggy Gaillarda now we can see the leaves....

My pleasure Mortane, Yes the red ant is much smaller than the giant brigade and lives much closer to the ground, and that is where they're usually found.

It is certainly Paulownia.

And a bigger version.

I've only found this site today and I've a feeling it'll be my gardening bible! I'm getting obsessed with my garden too and its frustrating me that I don't know enough yet. Oh well they say that all good things come to those who wait, we'll see!

The rosette the flower came from will die off.Don't be afraid to break up the cluster, remove the old bits and divide them into new plants - use a compost with plenty of grit

thats very much for all the replies, its put out mind at rest

Okay, I'm probably wrong as well Dave so I guess a Platycodon grandiflora which I've had for a number of years ... but Armandii is probably correct ... Here's mine ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycodon_grandiflorus Here's Armandii's ... ...

Thanks:D thanks for all your answers! i like it too although i thought it was a baby fern starting or something. Going to keep it hopefully it will spread to other plant pots :-) Thangs again.

Thankyou all for your help, i will have a crush later today Dave and give my thoughts on what it smells like to me

Trunky you win It does indeed look like prunus avium :yess:And here is the culprit I think - in next door's garden ...It's actually two plants which I think I shoved in the same pot as I didn't know what they were, so will split them out.

I assume its new name reflects its similarity to Fumitory, apart from not being purple & having different foliage:DOH: