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Plant ID Thread (Merged)

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  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    There are lots of plants in the garden and I've not idea what they are, so I'm hoping some of the experts in here can point me out in the right direction....

    This is a tree with bright pink flowers (it's near where the raspberry/loganberry canes are meant to be)
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    Close to the ground, think they are cornflowers?
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    Think these are raspberry canes?
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    Close up of leaves
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    Have a few trees with bright yellow flowers
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    Close up
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    Clumps of these close to the ground
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    Close up
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    Have a GIANT hedge, need to know what it is so can trim it down
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    Close up
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    All piccies can be clicked for a larger version
  • vandanfc
    vandanfc Posts: 2,048 Forumite
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    edited 5 April 2009 at 8:38PM
    1 - ribes
    2 muscari
    3 probably
    4 forsythia
    5 - saxifraga
    6 - laurel ?
  • lka200
    lka200 Posts: 195 Forumite
    The yellow trees are forsythia, they can get rather large and sprawling so can be cut back hard. Well thats what i had to do at my old house because they started to take over. I think you have some raspberry canes too.
    Sorry i cant help with the others.
    #440 sealed pot challenge
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    1) Ribes, a flowering currant
    2)Muscari
    3)-4) Raspberry
    5)-6)Forsythia
    7)-8) Looks like Ice Plant
    9)-10) Laurel
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    >7)-8) Looks like Ice Plant<

    Looks just like what I have in the garden, sedum spectabile is the horticultural name.
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    Fabulous!

    Thank you everyone, off to investigate what else we've got now :D
  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2009 at 6:56PM
    Can someone help me if I take some pics to give names to the plants/shrubs I have in my garden that I have just moved into but do not know anything about them?
    Obviously I know the tulips/hyacinth/roses/daffs I have out the front but what is this?1th_P1000372.jpg
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    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    The little white flower one is tiny flowers quite flush like a little dome, the green next to it is ultra soft to the touch, the green bush is very hardy and has strong branches, the purple bush, the second pic is growing like mad, I have had to put the stems up onto the wall but it goes on forever and has masses of leaves
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • Beki
    Beki Posts: 917 Forumite
    i'm not very good with plants.. just veggies really :o but the last one looks very much like aubretia to my untrained eye!
  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2009 at 6:57PM
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    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
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