Rented Garden, need help with ID plants please

Hi All,

I wonder if you can help us...

Me and my partner moved into a rented house in Jan this year (North west England). Before this we lived in a flat so this is the first garden we have ever had to look after. Now that spring / summer has come, we are doing our best to maintain it however we have very basic knowledge.

There are some flowers and plants in one part of the garden which has become overgrown and we are not sure what they are before we start to hack anything to pieces! We have taken some pictures and were wondering if you could help with identifying them so we know what they are and if any of them are weeds.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

I agree
1. Geranium phaeum - Mourning Widow, spring flowering only, good for shade
2. Foxglove - don't be surprised if it dies after flowering - it will self seed
3. can't tell from this picture- need to see whole plant
4. pretty sure it's ground elder but not best picture
5. could be Clematis montana - again too close to be 100%
6. Bergenia - Elephant's Ears, spring flowering often red leaves in winter
7. Hypericum seed heads, will have yellow flowers in summer
8. Euphorbia of some kind - need to see more
9. Looks like a viburnum from the leaves - is it a shrub?

Best of luck with the new garden

 

I think I'd go along with Marley and Lovage although 5 could be Choisya. Difficult to tell without a clear shot of the leaves.

Chris

 

That's a shame Marley, we've got a huge bush and I quite like it!:lollol:

Chris

 

Thank you very much for your replies

I looked up that Ground Elder one because thats one of them that has take over nearly the entire surface of a large raised bed area. From what i can gather it likes to take over everything? In which case I probably should be trying to get rid of it (although that may be easier said than done)

Number 3 is also kind of taking over a bit, its growing up the sides of the rocks that make up the raised area and completely covering it in a veil or blanket.

Thank you for your other answers too, now i know what they are, I can try and look after the garden better.

I have got a longer view of that raised area to show what those other two plants mentioned above are doing to see if that helps ID. This photo was taken AFTER i have cut it all back quite a bit and ripped out 1m tall stinging nettles lol.