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Got these growing in the garden and I was wondering if anyone here knew what they were. They are all over 5 foot tall (i.e. bigger than me lol).
First one:
2nd one:
3rd one:
Millie & Fly the Border Collies
Athough nos 1 and 3 look familiar I can't think what they are atm! I'd suggest the second one is either a wild rose (or a domestic rose gone wild) or possibly a sweetbriar (which have much greater density of thorns on the stems - can't see properly from the picture). I'll have to think about the others :-)
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1. Looks like a Spiraea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea
2 Poss A Dog Rose Rosaceae or some sort of hybrid or rose reverting
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Colin D
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Hmmm the second one isn't very thorny and it could just be a wild rose as it is behind one of the number 1 bushes...It's difficult to know what was planted and what planted itself lol
Thanks Wild Life Ranger! Never even heard of Spiraea before lol
I know what you mean - the council planted a load of things along some of the verges round here and several seem to have found their way into our garden (some more welcome than others!). Our wild rose was an old cultivated one which was neglected so reverted back to its wild form - but it's very popular as a perch for our feeders, especially with the sparrows!
Thinking about it, the third one looks a bit like a buckthorn, but don't quote me on that :-)
3rd one could be Pyracantha. Does it have a semi climbing habit...? Does it have thorns..?
Juno said: 3rd one could be Pyracantha. Does it have a semi climbing habit...? Does it have thorns..?
Haven't seen it climbing but they used to be ivy between that and the wall (landlady wanted it removed as it wasn't doing the wall much good). I think it has thorns...I'll check tomorrow. It gets red berries in the autumn but the birds don't really seem to go for them :-(
Hello KatTai
I think the 3rd one is a cotoneaster - we have a similar one and it's like a small tree.
It doesn't have thorns and in our garden it's the only shrub the birds don't like - pity as it was covered in red berries last winter.
I think its called cotoneaster lacteus.
Jazzcat
Hmm, I did think pyracantha but we have several of those and the berries are much brighter. We also have a cotoneaster but it's not quite like either! Of course, it could be a different species :-)
KatTai
Try this link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3338891/How-to-grow-the-best-cotoneasters.html
- it could be something quite different of course!