Plant identification and pest help

RAS

Small blue flower - forget-me-not.

Three from the bottom - anemones or pasque flower.

Fay

Thank you RAS, I hope that plant is a pasque flower, I've looked them up and they're lovely.

valentina

Top one possibly fritillaria imperialis - crown imperial
Bottom one some sort of honeysuckle?

hollydays

the silvery creeping one-snow in summer?
The one below it,either lungwort,or a tall vivid blue flower like a tall forget me not (forget the name!)-edit,cynoglossum a biennial?
bottom one honeysuckle-if its a twining type,maybe Dutch? establish when it flowers to narrow it down.
the feather leaves,is it californian poppy?

bexs.ua

Is the second one down (in the group of 4 together) not a foxglove?

radiohelen

sirbrainy wrote: »

Give those peonies a feed a couple of times a year and they'll last 75 years ;-)

What do you feed peonies with? I've got some under a leylandii hedge ( I know - I didn't put it there!) They've not had any love since we moved in and they are starting to look like they might need a bit.

Fay

Thanks again everyone, I'm really pleased the climber is a honey suckle I love them. If the second patch is foxgloves will we be ok with our cat? I've read they're very poisonous and our little man does enjoy eating plants!

ladylouise62

I got Viburnum beetle last year but it took me until late in the season to spot it at which point the bush was extremely ragged ( and I do mean EXTREMELY, it was so crispy it looked like it had been burned).

I've gone the extreme way and although the newly emerged leaves were looking good, I just cut off all the bits with leaves to catch the overwintering eggs (and my goodness, the stems were very badly damaged as well as the leaves so had to go quite far back). I will shortly be spraying, and again in a month or so when any that didn't get caught by the cutting will hatch into chemical warfare! It's drastic but will hopefully work... although the poor thing is just a load of bare branches now and I do feel very sorry for it!!
The link Nodwah posted explains the lifecycle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/helen-yemm/7903095/How-to-control-viburnum-beetles-Helen-Yemm.html

Davesnave

Top ones might be day lillies, as Crown Imperials are fairly uncommon.
Third down, I'm going with Alkanet, as Cynoglossum has pointier leaves and they don't look quite right for Foxglove or Comfrey.
Agree with Pasque flower for four.
I'm going to make a wild guess at some kind of Pyrethrum or Achillea for five.
(Agree with Forget-me-not, Honeysuckle and Snow in Summer for others)

Edit: Foxgloves and cats are fine. My two are still alive anyway! It's lillies in vases and their pollen you have to watch in that context.

Fay

Dave, once again you've brought me good news-I really hope those leaves are the start of day lilies. I love them and have recently been looking at ordering some for a bare patch in the garden! I'm going to look the others up now.
I've started keeping a garden book and a planting diary so I cam get to grips with what we've got and how to care for it.
Would all you experienced gardeners give me some guidance on what would be the best way for me to learn? I've been reading lots on the Internet, but how did you build up your knowledge?
I'm really grateful for all of this help, thank you all.