Plant ID Thread (Merged)

heynonnynonny

Thanks, do you think I could trim back the damaged one a little to encourage green regrowth? A peony, I will go and check that out. A lovely little surprise to see it come up.

amcluesent

>do you think I could trim back the damaged one a little to encourage green regrowth?<

If you can see buds, you could cut back to those and get regrowth, but that looks like a old plant. You can take cuttings from hebe in the summer, they strike quite well and get new plants by next spring.

heynonnynonny

I'll have a look, if not will wait a couple of months and get cuttings. Woould like to get a few other things planted in there as I've not touched it since moving in. May put something creeping near the walls where the damaged hebe is. Trial and error for me I think!

PS when the peony first came up I swore blind it was rhubarb :rotfl:

Kay_Peel

The last photo looks like a heather and I've got a great method of dealing with woody, spindly heathers that are past their best:

Dig up the heather - taking a good circle of soil from around it to catch all the roots (rather like digging up a tree). Make the hole even deeper. It should be at least double the depth.

Put the heather back in, so that all the old branches are under the soil and only the nice green bit are showing. Refill the hole, separating out all the branches. Give it a good watering and it should like you've just planted between 6 and 12 new heather plants.

And that's what you've done! The heathers will be rejuvenated and will last for another 10 or more years.

heynonnynonny

So no need to get rid of the old branches just cover them with soil? I'm definitely no expert but willing to learn. Will have to see if there's room to dig, not quite sure where it's slab and soil, will make a start tomorrow afternoon on the little project!!

cjb02

I have a pot in the garden and this plant started growing. I dont recognise nice it as one of the usual weeds. Does any one know wht it is?



Thanks

Chris

tanith

sorry can't see the pic....

bertiebots

I may be way off the mark but is it a tiny tree (apple/cherry)?...I am always pulling tree's out of my garden because the squirrels like burying all the nuts etc among my plants!

Jack's_mummy

I think it is a young tree too

cjb02

thank you folks. that crossed my mind but I dont recognise the leaf. I will have a look on google.