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Plant ID Thread (Merged)

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  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    The ist one is very long stems, that go around the whole of the back fence helped up by bits of garden wire,the second looks like a cabbage tightly packed but has no flower to it or at least not yet, third looks like mint very green small leaves but is not mint and has no flower,4th more brambly long stems,5 no clue, 6 looks like daffs foliage but has no daffs,6 and 7 no clue no clue to what any of them are:rolleyes:
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2009 at 5:17PM
    Beki wrote: »
    i'm not very good with plants.. just veggies really :o but the last one looks very much like aubretia to my untrained eye!
    thanks any help is greatly appreciated:D yep according to google it is aubretia normally comes in pinks/reds/lilacs but they have them there in white also
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • MonkeySaving?
    MonkeySaving? Posts: 1,141 Forumite
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    6 looks like a bluebell foliage, no.1 i think might be Jasmine but not 100%. Will have a look in my RHS book for the others.
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  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2009 at 6:57PM
    thanks looked at jasmine and bluebell on google but they seem different?
    numbered them now so no 5 is aubretia....
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • Aries
    Aries Posts: 477 Forumite
    I think no.7 looks a bit like a Foxglove
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  • Aries
    Aries Posts: 477 Forumite
    No.8 looks a bit like a Geum.
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  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    240px-Geum_coccineum2.jpg that is a geum and no 8 seems to have more spikey leaves rather than the round ones above
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    edited 7 April 2009 at 7:55PM
    6 - a clematis?
    7 - foxglove
    10 - Japanese anemone
    11- Hemerocallis (day lilly)
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    We have a thread similar to this already, I'll add your query to it so all the replies are together. Posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up :)
  • vegasvisitor
    vegasvisitor Posts: 2,295 Forumite
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    I only knew forsythia and muscari - but I love the ribes. I must see if it's deer resistant!!! Looks really nice.
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