Identification Area

Thank you @Sheal , nice to learn something new From Wikipedia: The inedible fungus Daldinia concentrica is known by several common names, including King Alfred's cake, cramp balls, and coal fungus. It is a common, widespread saprotrophic sac fungus, living on dead and decaying wood.The...

@infradig I know most mosses require moist shady conditions, which wouldn't be optimal for an indoor bonsai, grown on a SW facing window sill. I know there are mosses that can, and do, thrive on roofs, walls etc that can be exposed to extended periods of full sun and very little moisture. I...

Looks like Sweet Woodruff, Gallium odoratum.

They’ll probably wonder why they don’t have bright red flowers .

We, also, have no trouble with getting cuttings to take but it is best to take semi hardwood cuttings from Spring to Summer. As the plant can flower for most of the year it tends to get woody quickly and wears itself out in a few years.

@Fof I have always found the people on iSpot to be so reliable and so quick. I though never have had the confidence to ID anything others have added. It is an amazing site with so much information about all sorts on fauna and flora.

Hold on everyone. Lonicera fragrantissima is not evergreen. Mine in South Wales lost its leaves. I think your shrub will be just fine in the summer when it has lost all those old leaves and grown fresh ones. See RHS web site ..Lonicera fragrantissima | winter-flowering honeysuckle...

Well I can say, with some confidence, that E. virgineus is what it is. Checking my records, I found that Euryops tysonii (Tyson's Euryops) is also growing there.

Shieldbugs - illustrated life stagesSome of these do change appearance and colours/patterns.Wish I could have taken a photo...oh well...

They definitely like my old stone walls but prefer the sheltered N facing one as far as I can tell.

Hi all - thanks very much for your IDs; I'll assume it's Old Man's Beard and do some reading to see if I want to keep it!

Looks like Robinia to me too. I had one in my old garden.

I agree with @Goldenlily26 re the eventual size, so it may not be ideal for the site it's in, especially when you'd need to keep pruning it to fit. Might be worth thinking about moving it to a better site, and replacing with something more suited to the space. The alternative is to make the...

If I had any money I'd put it on deciduous.

There are a handful of mahonias with that type of leaf, but Soft Caress is the best known one, probably for good reason. In the past I bought 3 of a different mahonia (Volcano) which looked very similar except the flowers were supposed to be a warmer yellow, so I assumed they were produced from...