Identification Area

Thanks Strongy. I am sure I have heard something about perennial. I find even the big companies are very naughty about mis-describing many plants, which are not hardy, as annuals.

I planted clematis integrifolia, but what came up was willowherb. How did that happen????

Brilliant guess Aesculus, and and a very fine plant.

Is this worth using?

I would agree with Bob. Most crocosmia are orange, but 'Lucifer' is the most common red one, though I suspect there are other red ones now.

Houseleeks, much easier to remember. Here in Cornwall they grow on the slate roofs of old cottages, hence the house bit, but I've no idea why 'leek'. Or maybe eventually they make the slate porous and therefore 'leak'? :D

Sam he would have seen real snow here this year.:D As you mentioned above Petunias are usually grown as annuals here.Peter I haven't, in other countries they probably have heated or mininmal heated glasshouses and grow well enough to produce vegetative growth for cuttings. I wouldn't bother...

That's given me a good starting point. I think it's L. Punctata rather than Vulgaris - the flowers are positioned differently on the plant.

Tomato seeds are quite often found in compost made from sewage farms - I'll assume you can guess how the seeds get there! They will germinate & grow outside at this time of year quite prolifically. So its not unusual to find them growing like that. The trouble is you won't know what variety it...

The second one looks like Foxglove to me Steve R.

Hi RHG I am afraid as they are cut flowers,Its not possible IMHO to Identify them,M & S Buy the majority of their Cut Roses from Holland,and I know that in 2004.David Austin bred some cut Roses for M & S specifically under the name of (Fair-trade) But I will endeavor to seek out more information...

right i'll get the spade and fork out and start turning the front garden soil and chuck some hoss muck in to thankyou all:gnthb:

ok will definately pull out the chicken feeders lol then while doing that i will pull some bits out if find ugly :D

I find Rosebay Willowherb easy to deal with, although it does get everywhere. It is easy to indentify even when fairly young, and it doesn't have deep roots so they just pull out with the minimum of effort. The trouble is, like dandelions, their seeds spread for miles on the breeze, so I guess...

thanks again blackthorn from my friend. daitheplant my friend looked it up and your right its from the iris family so thats sorted that out thanks ever so much

Sounds like a plan :rotfl::thumb::rotfl:

Thank you both for your advice..the whole lawn is affected,so it looks as if I want a reasonable lawn I am going to have to use the remedy..and then overseed..Cheers

Thank you all for your replies......I am sooo chuffed if it is camelia Lollipop.....it has grown back healthy and strong, so I unwittingly did some good by chopping it right back, by the look of things. I did'nt see any flowers on it last year, but it was in August we moved here.....am I right...

Thanks for the photo Aaron Have put mine close to the fence and by looking at yours, think I will also try (once it grows more) to train it up the fence on netting rather than overgrowing in the border .... so thanks for that!

It's variegated though?