Identification Area

Hi Everyone,For Christmas I was given a box of seeds that you plant 4" deep and 'things' grow. It's all edible and a few little plants have started to popped through I've put a picture on my blog, here - would you be able to help me identify them please?For The Love of Food: Sowing...

They're not there now Zig, they come up in late summer and autumn. I was just sorting through my pics when found those ones from the back end of last year.To tell the truth, I'm worried that they might be Amanita Phalloides, aka Death Cap. They start off small and pointed, with a little...

look on the bright side. You'll be able to make rowan jelly with the berries and your apples!

bump

That one looks like a contender to me =]

Thank you so much for your answers

Yes, Sisyrinchium.

Perhaps a dumb question, after spraying (glysophate) how long should I leave it before digging it out? I don't want to act too soon and end up with lots of surviving root fragments. Sprayed on fri, leaves are starting to go brown, but how long before it knackers the roots properly for me? I...

Thanks guys

We used Roundup in hand-sprayer at a previous property to eradicate Ground Elder from the flower beds. It took a couple of years, and we killed a few wanted-plants in the process, but it did work. After we did an initial, careful, time consuming spray using cardboard sheets to protect plants...

I am disappointed. I don't like Anemone's

Thanks again guys. Great help.

Hi Aesculus and theruralgardener,Thanks very much for your help. It could be an astilbe, now that I think of it, there are a few of them in the garden, but a different variety. I've never actually seen the thing flower, it just grows into a nice thick clump by the end of the summer every year...

Hi Bilbo on taking a chance that will have Camellia on my face and it would,nt be the first timeI will stick with Magnolia Stellata my reason being that Magnolia Leonard Messel has 12 petals and has a pink tinge to it,we will have to wait until one of our Camellia expert friend,s comes along....

The first is Kerria japonica Flore Plena, the second, as has been said, is Ceanothus possibly one of the arboreus varieties.

second pic is definately a hebe

Hi ziggy, Peter is right. Seeds have never been banned in this country except for those on the 'Prohibited Plants' list. The rules are even more lenient than they used to be. In the old days, from the Customs point of view, there were three categories of plants. Allowed, Restricted and...

Me too.

Thank you both!Thanks for the advice davy, I had cut some of the canes back but there were ladybirds living on the others so I've left them there for now.