First garden help...

Hello all,

Completely clueless first time garden owner here. Have lived here for a year and I've pretty much left the garden alone whilst working on the house. Besides mowing the lawn and clearing weeds (well, the ones I know are definitely weeds!), I have done very little to my back garden. Although I have watched and made note of what has appeared throughout the year bulb wise (thanks dad for that idea ☺️). One of the plants that I thought was some type of rose has actually got flowers on it this year, but they're not what I recognise as roses... Help? Can anyone identify what the plant might be? I've attached a photo to see if anyone knows. Thanks in advance.

 

to GC @Melandsimba

Lovely of you to join us and good on you for following your Dad's advice to see what popped up in the past year

The plant in your picture is Kerria Japonica (I had it in my previous garden) a pretty spring (deciduous) flowering shrub with a suckering habit that is easy to keep under control.

Looking forward to getting to know you around the forums

 

Thanks for that! It's very tall and a bit gangly (sort of like some of my teenage students!). How should I look after it? Do I need to train it against the fence? Any advice would be much appreciated, although I am off to google it now ☺️

 

It is a bit of a gangly shrub You'll need to thin it out after flowering. It's an upright shrub so you can't "train" it as such just keep it under control (a bit like *some* teenage students ).

 

It's indestructible so you can treat it really mean if you need to!