Identification Area

I agree Pete, I noticed the leaf shape of Laburnum is very similar to that of the Cytisus broom... (Cytisus is now called Genista apparenty?)

Hellebores didn't take long to discuss Pro Gard thank you.As soon as Boss lady realised her beloved Christmas rose is a hellebore, she wants me to empty the bank account, cash in the pension and mortgage the house. Hellebores are definitely a yes-yes.

This still makes me chuckle

I grow Garnet as it is about the hardiest Penstemon you can grow which is important from the point of view of where I live (in Scotland) It's not nearly as showy as Lucifer or as tall. If you wanted to grow a showy penstemon of similar colour to Lucifer then something like King George. This...

Thank you so much for your answers

well waddayaknow Unwins replied with the mix: Achillea Cerise Queen Agastache Foeniculum Catananche Blue Centranthus Red Delphinium Pacific Giant Mix Lupin Russell Mixed Lychnis Chalcedonica Pyrethrum Robinson Mixed Verbascum Phoeniceum The mix will vary from time to time depending on...

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...

Just wanted to revise this thread to say they ARE invasive, they are popping up bleeding everywhere! barely saw any last year - weird, though we only bought the house in June so previous owners probably removed the leaves but not the bulbs. Oh and trunky, thanks so much for your advice, a spades...

I had an opened bag of JI compost lying around and when i emptied it out there were loads of snail eggs....i did think back to a previous thread about farming them and thought....shall i....but chickened out

YES ME TOO I'LL SECOND THAT :D

I dont favour digging out, it takes forever and you rarely get the entire root up. Id sudgest spot spraying with verdone extra.Only exception is the coutch and meadow grass, dig these up and seed.

I always feed and it had a top up of compost earlier in the year when it started to produce leaves :-)Just noticed the wilkos trellis is now £10 when i bought them they were £3 and that wasnt in the sale it was the standard price

Not a plant I know much about strongy. But its survived the last two winters with a bit of protection.Never grown Puyas, but I think the flowers are probably a lot more interesting.

joolz68 - I've just put some pics of mine up here.

It is hard to tell the difference between Burwoodii and delavayi until you get a close look at the leaves.

Hi all, Thanks for the suggestions everyone and thankyou kalmia, for getting my pics to display properly. Sorry I've been slow to respond, too much work this week, I fell asleep last night. The photinia looks a distinct possibility, although the red leaves are less pronounced than most of...