Few more Pic`s I Need Help With

As i said a few more pictures i need help with the first one is just, what is it as i have no idea thanks....:thumb:

and the second i have 2 pieris japonica, one carnaval and the other mountain fire and in the picture you can see the leaves look like they have been eaten or something

any ideas thanks agian for everyone`s help

 

Hurrah! I know the answer to your first question! Well, I think I do, anyway...
I think that's a perennial or hardy geranium but I'm not sure which type. One of my favourites - although someone is bound to come along in a minute and say it's something completely different :D

The pieris i'm not too sure about - looks a bit like caterpillar damage maybe? But i'm on dicey ground there...

 

Scooby, the problem with your Pieris are leaf cutter bees. All you can do to prevent this happening is to cover the plants with a very fine net.:thumb:

 

Scooby

It's possible the damage to your pieris could be caused by the dreaded vine weevil.

Check out this link http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0600/vineweevil.asp

Does the damage look similar?

 

I think your first is cranes bill . 02

 

+1 for cranes bill and also +1 for leaf cutter bees

 

cutter bees, as in a flying around bee`s bee? is there anything else other than putting a net over them which i think would look daft, a spray or something maybe? many thanks scooby...

 

Scooby, the only way you know they are leaf cutter bees is when they are actually cutting the leaves. As they don`t eat the leaves there is nothing you can spray them with. :thumb:

 

im stumped, to be honest i had a closer look today and carnt see no bugs or anything on the plant, i wish i had noticed earler it looks in a really bad way, but i have never seen any bee`s on it either!!!

 

Trust me, it is a bee. It only takes them a matter of seconds to cut a chunk out. :thumb:

 

i belive you bud lol, is it worth digging it up and moving it? put soomthing else in its place? am most annoyed.... thanks david.

 

Scooby, you could try that but, 1/ Bees fly.:D And 2/ Leaf cutter bees cut leaves, and I don`t think they discriminate, but having said that, they do seem to prefer evergreens.

 

One of my customers has a rose that gets got at by bees every year but no other plants in his garden odd aint it