Identification Area

You were probably thinking of the sub shrub Vinca Major.Pot ones come in all colours, they don't grow outside here very well as they need warm humid summers. I remember seeing large beds of them in Washington, as you would see Impatiens here.

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mine aren't!

Many thanks Pete, I think you're right. Just looked it up and they DO prefer Acid soils.Cheers!!xx

If it's not them Newbiegreen I'm happy for you. They used to turn up in my last garden every year in May and those catterpillar like larvae totally skeletalised everything they were on. Polygonatums were what they liked best.Maybe they're just flies, flies. One year we had a big outbreak of...

Well done Lavender - thats one I have never come across.

That could be awkward these can be monsters (pretty monsters at that:hehe when they get going

Thank you for your help. I am convinced it is a type of saxifrage. Saxifrage rosacea looks exactly it... ... would you agree?

Well done Lyn.:thumb:

NOt sure-and I am certainly not one to id plants-but thge fourth looks like a pieris, and doesn't look sick to me.

It's a collage, flinty. That's why they're evenly-spaced. I use Picasa for collagesThanks for your replyNick

Thank you Victoria. Please ignore the rusty metal pole holding the plant up - not my idea!

I'm with Blackthorn - Bugle it is. That dog had a lucky escape there Blackthorn - a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

It is a climbing Hydranger,the clematis loves to clib through it.

It's got those downward pointing bristles as well. Seems to fit the description too. Oh well, so the agastache probably did not germinate..........................I'm gonna keep it for now, they aren't ugly plants, and I suppose the bees will like them too.

here are those seeds/weeds now? even more of them now :O

If it only grows about 2 to 3 feet, then I would agree with Lavender. My first thought though was , Philadelphus coronarius aureus.

Thanks Pete ,much appreciatedLooked it up and found Argentine Blue eyed Grass 'Aunt May'

This might help - it runs out of pictures rather early in the ID process, and reverts to technical-ish words, but reversing and trying some alternate routes might work.They have got some "If you got here and its not quite like this it might be XXX" links, but I could do with a bit more of that...

Hi, GLondon and Welcome to GC. Your flower might be a variety of Leucadendron, possibly Salignus or similar, like Proteas they are used floristry. I only thought of this as I had a Leucadendron Safari Sunset but lost it last winter and the name Safari rang a bell. Google it in images and see if...