Identification Area

Please assist me to identify this plant here. It might be emerging from a South African seed, or it might be only a Jamaican weed.It started, after some weeks, to produce some long thin stems.

It's an Hibiscus syriacus - a shrub....and a plant....

Sounds lush, cheers Marley, will try that

Thanks Peter,not difficult though as i've been growing it for twenty odd years, reason i know what the flower looks like i because it often bolts !

Hi, Thanks folks i have found out what the tree is :thmb:Its a Crack Willow . :dh:

1, Phygelius 2, Aquilegia 3, Viola 4, Aquilegia 5, Hemerocallis 6, Lily.:gnthb:

Hi Roberto & .. I am sorry would love to help but I cannot see any picture .. This link might help.. :thumb:

Well, you learn something new on here everyday. I've never heard of fasciation, but on reflection I had an anemone which did it this year. My husband has just given me an explanation of it - well description at least. And it does make for a beautiful Foxglove PWKG.

Thanks everyone...yes it is indeed a member of the knotweed family. It is the shorter type which looks like Polygonum affine...at least I now know what it is..thankyou :thumb:

Plant no. 1 :thumb:

I don't know much about plants and am still learning but could it be a comfrey. Again, I guess, picturs of flowers might help

Yes, but Scotty dogs are not likely to eat the root because it is bitter. I don't think they would eat enough of the green parts to affect them unduly - but I wouldn't want to be cleaning up after them :hehe:. It contains a glycoside, variously called bryonin(e) or bryonidin, which is a...

Hi Peter,thanks! have looked on goole images and i think you are right.

Think I'm gonna have to pull this damn thing out ...

Sure do, Have a look there. Our native one is yellow & grows in wetlands, other wise know as the fleur de lys

You will never know unless you try.:gnthb:

I have some Nicandra growing, but the flower bracts (the coverings of the young flowers) are all dark purple. So too are all the stems, though the underside of some stems are green.Is there any purple on yours, shortie? Or have you got a slightly different variety?

No worries, now go out & get that goat !

:thumb: OK Sven I will have another look as I was getting totally mind boggled by them..!!:lollol:

When it goes to seed, the flowers curl into any cracks they can reach before dropping the seed, ensuring the next generation stays on the wall.