Identification Area

Basically the only real way to tell is know what the shrub is.So you really need to ID them before doing any winter pruning.With a close up pic at this time of the year,(and perhaps with an overall shot of the plant), quite a few shrubs can still be ID ed, although there are bound to be some...

After looking at this loads of times, I saved it to my computer, then enlarged it. Then I could see that it has lumpy red fruits, just like a Euonymus, probably Euonymus europaeus, the spindle tree.

hallo to all from karaman,thank you for replies - all appreciated and thoroughly considered. i've bought a shed with a reasonable garden in a continental climate so albizia will do well - also plan to plant stuff that dont grow well in uk e.g. bluebell tree, medlar, judas tree and a gunnera...

I have a Fatsia about 5-6years old now it has been moved twice and I have always had it in the garden whether the garden I have is sheltered from the elements I dont know will put pic on for you if I can get my page sorted :D

Thanks to all of you for the id. looking forward to seeing and smelling it in flower.

Yes Pete - the limiting factor for many of us is frost free/heated space for the winter. I could grow lots of things if it was summer all year round here - but it ain't.I was reading about a chap who specialises in Salvias - 100 or more different species in his front garden. He made no...

Boy, a hardy mango tree, .......now that would be really something worth having.If it was I'd say knock the house down and keep the tree:lollol:

It looks like x cupressocyparis leylandii castlewellan gold Your photo may be making it look more yellow than the normal leylandii but it is more likely to be castlewellan. It is not quite such a vigorous grower as the green varieties and tends to grow more compact. A light trim at least...

Many thanks Pete! You're a star!

I was an ex city dweller now living by the sea side, so these coastal plants are all new to me.

I had thought they were Echeverias (I have a lovely clump of Perle von Nurnberg with the silvery lilac sheen) .... but then I have always got these two succulents confused. :dh:

Thanks Victoria I thought it was a Verbena, my new cat has been exploring the garden a day or two ago and he was chewing on it's leaves, now he has a blister, think he is just accident prone lolk-l have already survived a recent spikey aloe vera incident so not having much luck with cats and...

Agree with you here, Lovage, that "a weed is an unwanted plant in the wrong place".Am keeping it, just didn't want it all over the garden and would like to know what it is as i've never seen it in the shops.

OK thanks - from your description I withdraw the '' bizzie Lizzie '' guess! Seems to be from the nettle family. Cheers

It doesn't sound like a "sport" to me, that tends to be one or two flowers on an otherwise normal plant.Is it possible that the clump was mixed and the blue ones have died out?

I'd be harvesting it throughout winter, as and when I needed some. Sage is a great winter herb when the annual herbs are all finished. It's not just for sage and onion stuffing, it adds flavour to all sorts, especially soups and stews. Sage is also supposedly good at helping the digestion,...

Thanks for that pete will give them ago in spring and see what happens:gnthb:

yep, agreed on all counts

Berberis I'm fairly sure, but not B.darwinii as the leaves look too large. I'd go for B. calliantha or B. buxifolia.Photo of B. calliantha here >

Looks like a tropical stow away accacia, I get loads of these in my tree ferns which seem to love germinating in the trunk. I have one which I removed and planted in a pot. They get quite big quite quickly, fully hardy so far and respond well to heavy pruning if you want to keep the juvenile...