Identification Area

Oh, ok then...I s'pose

It is usually a sign that the tree is in trouble and will be dying , however, the process can take a long time. We have an enormous Beech tree which an arborist friend reckons is well over 250 years old. She has had a good show of honey fungus every year since we moved here nearly 20 years ago...

Artemisia vulgaris.I think it is.

They can get quite large if potted on and fed regularly. Many years ago I grew one in a large pot sitting on top of an A0 (841 x 1189mm) plans chest and had to keep trimmimg the trailing stems to prevent them obstructing the top drawer.

Thanks All

Yes

You can buy a varied collection of tobacco seed, the real thing. Most seeds that you buy which are normally called Nicotiana in general seed catalogues are ornamental varieties that are flowering plants.

Thanks for reply. Going to take it out before it smothers the tree.

Thank you folks for the response,..great information and links,..''Matthiola incana'',..thats most certainly what they are,..i must read up on them as the described blooms look promising.

Ah, now that is a good thought! There are a lot of parakeets around here and around that park too - you may well have hit on something there.

Thanyou both, yes it does look like a possibility, but never seen it fruit, I usually try to get rid of it before that happens. The hedge down the road gets clipped a couple of times a year so I dont think that fruits either.

Super, will do.

That's a different milkweed @CanadianLori, the plant the Monarch butterfly eats is in the Ascepias family. The weed identified in this thread is in the Euphorbia family. Both share the same common milkweed name

Don't think I would have got that one.

Hi I think I found a bug not sure but very tiny and on beside this furry plant I was asking about.. If bug I found it on the yellow plant beside it..

Wonderful photos Silver Surfer, thank you so much. I have had a reply from Satty re which Arisaema would be best suited to here so yes the bank balance will be trashed! I intend on buying 3 bulbs of various varieties, good idea? Do you by chance know how far apart I should plant them and am I...