Identification Area

There are lots and lots of varieties, but if you only had one managing the winter, just make sure you plant it in a well draining site. They can easily rot.

There is the european or persian quince cydonia oblonga, the chinese quince pseudocydonia sinensis, and 4 chaenomeles species all from east asia. people call chaenomeles flowering quince, ornamental quince, oriental quince... yes common names are difficult! All of them have hard edible fruit...

I really like them for adding height and they are self-supporting even in very strong wind. Plus, as has been said, the bees adore them. The flowering season is long, but I do deadhead before they seed to prevent a whole garden takeover bid. Not sure if mine are wild or the cultivar. They...

Salar This too is a verbascum a very pretty one ,the seeds have a really hard covering. I used to send my collected seed to the cottage garden society. It takes a while to get the thousand s of the tiny, sèed as the outer covering is hard .I now collect the long stems and spray gold and...

I think you will find Alocasia leaves point upwards and Colocasia leaves drop downwards .

I think many of us have been caught out and still are. You're not alone Lori.

Oh that’s so kind of you Obelix-Vendee, I’m easily confused! It belongs to a friend who moved into a large garden not long ago and we are discovering what she has inherited, obviously the previous owner was a keen gardener but didn’t leave any information or labels on the plants. I doubt it was...

On looking at the way the old stems are growing I agree with Thevictorian. It looks like a crowded out Philadelphus and may not flower for 1 -2 years. Clematis Vitalba would climb and wrap itself around stuff.

Did this yesterday evening. Completes it now. Thank you.

@SherwoodArrow , poppies did cross my mind too re the crinkly leaves ones, if so, they’re in abundance all over the plot! I’ll have a google at buckwheat too. Many thanks.

If it's any consolation @noisette47 I wasn't sure at first whether it was Viola or Campanula but then I saw the flowering spikes and they looked like my Campanula so I said that

Mine is Brunnera macrophylla Betty Bowring.Been hardy up here for a few years. Brunnera macrophylla - Wikipedia

Thank you, decided, in the greenhouse it goes.

Please can someone identify from this leaf. jenny namaste

In years gone by I used to use the fibrous-rooted begonias like you have to edge flower borders. I'd often plant 20 or more. They're fine outside, but I recall that very heavy rain can damage them and hail can cause lots of damage. But mine usually flowered up until the frosts arrived.Here's a...