Plant identification and pest help

Davesnave

Sorry, my mistake mentioning the bindweed against the wrong number of picture. I was going out and rushing things!

I don't think the yellow flower is related to that foliage in No 4; it has some way to develop yet, and yes it could be Solidago (Goldenrod)

Perhaps if the honeysuckle had a lot of bindweed around it, the previous owners hacked the whole lot to ground level?

Fay

Oh life it sounds like we have got just as many weeds as plants to deal with here.

The grass like plants are growing straight up and are about a foot tall-they don't look like iris's that were in the nursery last weekend, but I am very very new to this, so could be. We wondered if the plants on the page back that Dave thought could be day lillies might in fact turn out to be iris's as their leaf structure looked very similar to us, but again our novice status should be taken into account.

I have another plant I forgot I had taken a picture of, again lots of this, creeping through walls-no doubt another weed??? With said potential iris/day lillis in the back ground and bindweed in the second shot!

splodger_seedswapper

is that variegated leaf a euonymous ?

could the tall leaf in the background be crocosmia if not hemerocallis ?

gardenroute

The white/green leaf is vinca minor variegata.

I think day-lily is right, the plants I thought might be irises (still not sure though) look very different to me, especially if you look at how the plant grows from the base.
Have a look at the roots. This type of iris will have shallow fibrous roots; crocosmia will grow from small corms that may be circular or slightly 'helter-skelter' - shaped; day lilies will have lots of leaves growing out from a single fleshy 'stem'.

Fay

radiohelen wrote: »

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.

Hi radiohelen I've found this website on peonies-it's American but gives advice on ways to feed our peonies. Hopefully it's correct but if not I'm sure one of the experienced gardeners here will come and help us out.

I read on a website the other day that we should also support our peonies to stop their buds pulling them down-is this right does anyone know?

Mrs_Arcanum

splodger_seedswapper wrote: »

is that variegated leaf a euonymous ?

could the tall leaf in the background be crocosmia if not hemerocallis ?

The variegated looks like periwinkle (don't know the Latin) which will get everywhere if not controlled but does have pretty blue flowers.

Don't think the tall narrow leafed one is Crocosmia as this is still in the growing period at the moment, so should only be about 6" tall out of the soil. This grows fresh each year like the peony.

Fay

There hasn't been that much new activity on the plants that are causing some difficulty in identifying-i.e. the leafy ones! They are just growing a little bigger, when more life starts to show I will post some more pics to see if they can be identified, I am so so so hoping they're daylily!

I've got a busy day planned today as OH is working all weekend. I need to have a look at 3 hydrangers that haven't been looked after at all, remove the horse chesnut that is growing (far too big for our garden and I think it's a rogue from a tree above), prune the hardy fuscia, continue work on the bindweed and ground elder (oh and now the new weed identified above, argh), mow the lawns, plant some seeds...hmm I think that might be it for today!

Fay

I hope that works, I couldn't get the picture to show up in the message. This is one I missed and seems to be quite a few of them in one area of the garden.

I've taken the horse chesnut out-although it was only small it was hard to get out. I've also got some ranaculous (not sure of spelling) that are flowering lovely but their foliage is very yelloe indeed. They are on a sloping bed and I read on one website it could be due to lack of nitrogen, does anyone know anything about this problem?

Thank you

Davesnave

The one in the picture is Centaurea (or Knapweed) probably montana.

http://www.plantadvice.co.uk/plants/perennials/centaurea-montana/179

These are easy. I have a nice two-tone one and a white.

Don't know much about ranunculus, except the Celandine, which isn't fussy about soil, and the Buttercups. Celandine foliage dies away sometime, but probably not just yet. I wish the foliage on creeping buttercup died away, but I doubt you mean that! I think the florist's kinds of ranunculus aren't truly hardy, but I could be wrong...

Fay

Thanks Dave-at least it isn't another weed! I also have creeping buttercup so feel your pain...there again it seems I have every weed going!