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Garden plants to ID please

Anonymous
Anonymous

hi there

I thought I would open this thread for people to use for plant ID's

As i am in an unfamilar garden which is blooming here and there now, and I would like to know the plant species as they are now.

Love t know some of my bushes to the left in my back garden

Lots of this growing down my left border

One large bush growing behind my plastic bird Bath

Lots of this growing behind the bird table

Should know this but need a reminder!  Wild Flower?

This is in my front garden in my rockery - no idea?

This might a self seeded one form somewhere esle

Thanks for your help

Regards

Kathy and Dave

  • Nicki C said:

    hi there

    I thought I would open this thread for people to use for plant ID's

    As i am in an unfamilar garden which is blooming here and there now, and I would like to know the plant species as they are now.

    Love t know some of my bushes to the left in my back garden

    Lots of this growing down my left border

    One large bush growing behind my plastic bird Bath

    Lots of this growing behind the bird table

    Should know this but need a reminder!  Wild Flower?

    This is in my front garden in my rockery - no idea?

    This might a self seeded one form somewhere esle

    Thanks for your help

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave

    Hi Kathy,

    Off top of my head they look like....

    1. Photinia or some form of Rhododendron??

    2. ??

    3. ??....I know this one just can't think what it's called!!!

    4. Speedwell

    5. Iribis (I think)

    4. Aubretia  

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous 18/03/2011 22:22 in reply to higgy50

    Hi Higgy

    Thank you for your answers.

    The thing is each time I move i have to find out the plants i have in my latest garden all over again.  The garden are not mine so the plants are there for me already as planted.

    It is a bit of interest and it is one way of getting to know plant species.

    Feel free to post photos of plants anyone for ID-ing purposes

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave

     

  • Hi Kathy

    I will name the ones I think I know straight away, and will look for and edit in the others that I need to think of the names for.

    1) Photinia fraseri 'Red Robin'

    2) Spiraea bumalda 'Goldflame'

    3)

    4) Veronica chamaedrys Speedwell

    5)

    6)

     

    Best wishes Chris

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  • Hi Blackbird

    As Higgy says, the first one is robinia, the third one is skimmia, the fifth one I should know because I've got some on my [very small] rockery. The second one I've no idea about, but may recognise when it's fully in leaf. Hope this helps.

    The fifth one may possibly be arabis.

    A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

  • Rachel K said:
    The fifth one may possibly be arabis.

    It is:-))

  • Rachel K said:

    Hi Blackbird

    As Higgy says, the first one is robinia, the third one is skimmia, the fifth one I should know because I've got some on my [very small] rockery. The second one I've no idea about, but may recognise when it's fully in leaf. Hope this helps.

    The fifth one may possibly be arabis.

    Hi Racel

    Sorry but the first one isn't Robinia, that's a large tree

     

    Best wishes Chris

    Click Here to see my photos

  • Hi Blackbird, you have

    1, Photinia

    2, Spirea (Which needs a hard prune now.)

    3, Viburnum tinus

    4,Veronica Speedwell

    5, Arabis

    6, Aubretia

    Helps that I work in a Botanical Gardens.. ;-)

  • Woodpecker said:

    Hi Blackbird

    As Higgy says, the first one is robinia, the third one is skimmia, the fifth one I should know because I've got some on my [very small] rockery. The second one I've no idea about, but may recognise when it's fully in leaf. Hope this helps.

    The fifth one may possibly be arabis.

    Hi Racel

    Sorry but the first one isn't Robinia, that's a large tree

     

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    Woodpecker said:

    Hi Blackbird

    As Higgy says, the first one is robinia, the third one is skimmia, the fifth one I should know because I've got some on my [very small] rockery. The second one I've no idea about, but may recognise when it's fully in leaf. Hope this helps.

    The fifth one may possibly be arabis.

    Hi Racel

    Sorry but the first one isn't Robinia, that's a large tree

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    Oh silly me! I was going to say Red Robin Photinia and got it muddled!

    A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

  • Juno said:
    3, Viburnum tinus

    Thanks for that, Juno, the dreaded memory would not dredge it up, I knew it began with a V but I kept thinking 'verbascum - no, verbena - no' . So I'm glad you cleared it up for me, aphasia can be SO irritating and there's more of it the older I get - sigh!

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous 19/03/2011 04:01 in reply to Kezsmum

    Thank you very much everyone for your replies here - greatly appreciated for the ID's.  I will keep these notes and learn al of the new names now, and in the future.

    Glad that the Speedwell was ID'd.  We have quite a lot of it around the edges of our garden border in the back garden. will keep it as it is such an attractive flower

    Love the name of the bushes - goes without saying, and they really add some colour to the garden in all its glory.  just tastefully done with wildlife in mind.

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave