Identification Area

That's probably my dodgy photography Pete ( and as for that Champers Blackthorns had - I'll have a pint :D ) They're a fresh darkish green and the main vein on the back of the leaf is a pinky colour If that helps??? It took the seed until spring to germinate but has grown quickly since then...

It looks quite attractive like that Jarbax. I have it in my garden but I am not sure what the flowers are like because I pull it out every time I see it, The runners are a nuisance, and as you say it has a very distinctive smell.Its a typical member of the mint family; square stalk, opposite...

Both of these are lovely, and yours is really a whopper roders!

Now that is very pretty JarBax, thanks for showing me. The leaves on yours are a bit different but it is definitly the same.

The seeds are very easy to collect and germinate as readily as sunflowers, so perhaps you can give them some seeds.

No, you're not, you just didn't recognize them, but you will in future now.

Love them too - as do the butterflies later on in the year. I seem to have lost a few this year (have let them self seed everywhere after first plant 4 or 5 years ago), so will probably give a helping hand with the seed scattering this autumn!

I think you are right about biennials Peter, best not sown early, that way they will not try to flower first year, and be all the better for it the following year.I'll have to try some outside this winter Mike, and see what happens.

I am quite stumped. There are various Scabiosa type plants with a similar flower - though not held quite the same way. But those leaves are quite differant, they are so distinctive.

I don't think so, although I'm no expert. I have a couple of campanulas and the buds on the mystery plant didn't seem the same and it just seemed much more fleshy.

It is one of my favorite flowering shrub genera. It is a showy, reliable and easy to take care of plant. There has been a lot of breeding work and some of the new cultivars are outstanding.

And wonderful for eating, I just love basil, just grown coriander this year though.

Thanks both Palustris and Elaine, that was a quick ID!It does have a bit of a smell but I'm not sure if it is really peppery. I found a few little things that looked like weeny apples, obviously the flowers or seed pods, that were under the leaves and so not to be seen unless you moved the...

Thats the one, still got my doubts about that one, but not this one. :D

S.meyeri 'Palibin' it is then! Thanks GF for the variety.I also think you could be right with Enkianthus campanulatus for the first one. The only other contender would seem to be E. deflexus but don't think so.Many thanks for solving the the mysteries [ 02. June 2007, 06:24 PM:...

Certainly not orange, I live with them!Certainly not Brugansia, I have them!I think it's the Solanum capsicastrum, which I've had for a couple of years outside here .. just a super close up shop I couldn't recognise!

Hi, elainefiz! My taxonomic key ("Excursion Flora of the British Isles", Clapham, Tutin & Warburg) tells me that all the leaves on White Mustard are lobed or partly cut into what look like leaflets, whereas Charlock has upper leaves without stalks and shaped like a spear point, but stalked lower...

Could it be a graft thats coming apart in some way. I will wait for the pictures

I cant think that the wall planting can be anything other than a hardiness issue, seeing as its not a climber, but it does tend to fit in with planting against a wall apart from the fact that you need a massively high wall.

Thank you all, My friend lives on top of the hills in Donagaul, wide open and a beautiful view of the sea. She wasnt sure if it was wild, as her back garden if full of bracken as well.