Identification Area

You wonderful, wonderful people, thank you.Thanks in particular to Barb in Pa for the fantastic pictures - I very much appreciate the extra effort.I will report back next year about flower colour.

I have seen plant labels suggesting -5c maximum hardiness but different suppliers give out different info, I occasionally get -6/7c's even down here in winter (I'm in a frost pocket) so I wouldn't plant one out. I would like to know if they have survived -10c!

No offence meant, just pulling your leg Glad you got it I’d ‘d

Thank you all for your replies. I will remove the plant given it’s poisonous nature.

Thanks. I was worried it was Japanese knotweed))I was plagued by Japanese knotweed before and had to pay to have it removed from my property, luckily it didn't return. This website may well prove useful in the future if you ever think you have it again How To Identify Japanese Knotweed,...

Good afternoon @eddybaby my friend no worries it was a pleasure to be of some help

Lovely heuchera!

Its OK Ziggs I confused a geranium with a mallow in the ID section a few days ago.You cant beat a bit of polymorphism, that's what I always say.

Perfect...Viburnum flowers! As yet I am not sure which sp it is. But that is a rather special old tree...don't you love those gorgeous berries.We used to grow many different Viburnum...many have scented beautiful flowers. Collecting different ones became addictive!

Thanks, it's just in a London garden, clay loam in between laurel hedge stumps.

My Aloes (and other C & S) are kept at a minimum of 5*CNot sure if it would survive a winter in an unheated greenhouse. Perhaps give it a try, but take a cutting from an offset and bring it indoors as insurance.

Spot on FC. They'll be looking for somewhere warm to hibernate.☺

Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is the one the French were alerted about. It's wind pollinated, and as Silver Surfer says, the pollen causes some people an extreme allergic reaction. I nicked a copy of the poster about ragweed, which I've still got somewhere. I was in the Drome departement in...

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Probably not that house, but not far Zilly - behind the recycling centre on the way to Eype

Looks like Polygonatum. Flowers very similar to Polygonatum microcephalum. Leaves normally more mottled.Polygonum microcephalum - Google Search:

Thanks all