Plant identification and pest help

AnGee

We moved into our house last August and we have one of those little trees in the middle of our lawn too! Handy that the previous owners left the label on it - it's a Prunus. Label says that it's full height is 175cm, so we have decided to let it stay where it is. It's very pretty, especially at the moment, covered in blossom. Our cat has started using it as a scratching post, so the bottom of it is looking a bit ragged!

ds1980

is bottom right lily of the valley bush? Not sure on technical term. I have one and leaves have similar discoloration?

emiff6

Yes, paeony, prunus of some sort, and viburnum tinus, which looks to me as if it has shot hole disease, rather than pests eating it. I think the treatment is Bordeaux mixture or fungicide containing copper.
I had a viburnum that had it, every year all the leaves ended up like lace, so in the end I dug it out and got rid of it. :)

nodwah

If it is a viburnum it might be viburnum beetle : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/helen-yemm/7903095/How-to-control-viburnum-beetles-Helen-Yemm.html

apparently now the top pest/disease for the RHS enquiry service

Fay

Oh dear, there are absolutely loads of holes all over it-the shot I gave was probably one of the better areas having had another look at it. I will have a good look online and see if it can be saved. Thanks everyone-I wanted to post a few more pics of plants today but I have just had to bring the cat in after he had cornered a mouse in the garden; so I don't want to go out and disturb the mouse whilst it looks for its home!

Davesnave

nodwah wrote: »

If it is a viburnum it might be viburnum beetle : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/helen-yemm/7903095/How-to-control-viburnum-beetles-Helen-Yemm.html

apparently now the top pest/disease for the RHS enquiry service

You are spot on with that. I was one of the 'lucky' people who got it first, but it hasn't followed me the 100 miles down the M5 to my new place:D......yet!

(Edit: It wasn't too bad to deal with, once I knew what it was, and they didn't come back.)

Fay

Hi again, I wondered if you would all help with some more-this way I can find out how to care for all of these plants properly!


I think this could be a weed, its all over the garden!

emiff6

The first is kerria japonica (batchelor buttons)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/442.shtml

next might be oxalis weed (wood sorrel), although i may be wrong on that
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=498

then bergenia (elephant ears)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/4126.shtml

and the last a hardy geranium
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/346.shtml

gardenroute

1. Peony
2. Flowering cherry possibly Prunus incisa
3. Viburnum tinus
4. Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora;
5. I think Corydalis flexuosa - need a closer photo/flower
6. Begenia probably cordifolia
7. Some kind of geranium

The viburnum beetle seems to everywhere this year. Looks like frost damage as well.

Fay

Wow, you're all amazing with your gardening knowledge-how did you both learn so much? I will take a closer picture of the potential weed tomorrow, there are so many seedlings of it that even if it's not a weed it's becoming a bit of a problem.
Thanks guys