Identification Area

It could be a Bramley. On the other hand, it might be something else. Best to let it grow and ripen and then see if it looks like a Bramley and if it does look like a Bramley, cook it and see if it tastes like a Bramley.The main thing is, if you like it, you’re happy.

It could eventually have viable seed but probably best to wait at least until late summer or autumn to be sure they are ripe . Its not something I have grown so just applying general thoughts.

Agree, definitely not skunk cabbage, leaves aren’t right.

Spray with weed killer it will kill the roots.

Thank for your input.I will grow on seperately to see what becomes of them. At the moment they sound like weeds but we never know

No nuts yet @pete - I bought it as a whip about 18 months ago. Even though it's only a couple of feet tall in a pot, the foliage is enormous. I have a slow project to clear an area at the start of the woodland and plant a mixed orchard (sometimes pretentiously called a food forest!). I have 2...

Thank you, I can see where the carpet part of the name may have come from.

Each to his won.

@BB3 I've been a member of the club for over 50 years

Definitely an interloper, which is quite common in bought plants at this time of year. If that was mine, I'd empty the pot and separate the plants, and then repot the Campanula, but I appreciate you may not want to do that. The alternative is to do as others have said about removing the foliage...

My tree books are not very good, so I googled it and that was the nearest I could find. Some of the pictures were very close. But I can't be certain. Hopefully it will get some flowers. The leaves look glossy and smooth. But it is similar to a maple isn't it.