Can anyone ID these

The first few photos are of the same kind of plant - in the same part of the garden but spread out. It is the straight thing on the right in the first one.


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and these about to flower

 

I may be wrong Louise but the first one looks like self-seeded Blackthorn/Hawthorn, second possibly Spirea and third some sort of Day Lily. I look forward to being corrected!:lollol:

Chris

 

1. Looks like Bergenia at the bottom. Behind it is a Griselinia littoralis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselinia_littoralis

2. Possibly a Salix. Common name willow. Salix caprea??? Maybe.

3. Looks like Cornus. Possibly Cornus alba sibirica.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Cornus_alba_%27sibirica%272.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cornus_alba_%27sibirica%272.jpg&usg=__NQIDFll4pNOajpm6uBjSubUw3bI=&h=2304&w=1712&sz=717&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=60s_v2KVN_OAkM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcornus%2Balba%2Bsibirica%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dp,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7SUNA_en-GB%26tbs%3Disch:1


4. Pic is very small. Possibly a Solidago. Common name Golden rod.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=e...goldenrod&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi