Identification Area

Thanks both of you

Potentilla reptans...blinking pain.

I'll have to get a proper Geordie to answer that Very off topic, a dear colleague has a real Geordie accent that for some reason totally contradicts with everything I had learnt about English language-we just couldn't get through a sentence about the weather without a lot of confusion. We...

I held off giving pruning advice as I assumed others would know more than me. But for what it's worth I'd prune it back now, taking equal amounts off all round. Best pruned immediately after flowering if possible, so hurry up.

Near here is a similar one ..Fagus sylvatic atropurpurea...common name Copper beech. Normally I hate pruned trees but in a tiny garden this one still fits and does look good. It is a work of art to keep it looking so immaculate. Pic below was taken in February.

Thanks @shiney and @Nikolaos I never remember buying any product called Provado Ultimate Bug Killer. However, the plastic top was in my drawer although had cracked so much as to become unusable. From @Nikolaos's pic, I recall that the lid right hand side (you can see a vertical 'partition' in...

I agree, it's liverwort ... It spreads by spores formed in those starry things. If you look under them you'll probably see flat stems like lobes sprawling on the ground.

The single one I have had for the past few years was a no show this spring. Might have to treat myself.

Thanks for the info.

Thanks @Silver surfer I have to have one.

They come in all different colours but yellow are less common.Some that we used to have

Geum urbanum which is a seed weed of the worst kind.

The leaves are skinny and splayed on the soil. The flowers face more upwards not drooping like above and I was holding them on the long (12" at least) stem. There are two stems each with only a few flowers now dying. This is the closest I have come so far ...Allium neapolitanum (Ornamental...