Garden Plant ID's. Post here!

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Was thinkinh with the cones to maybe boil them and put them in more for looks, would these still be beneficial for shrimp if I was to do this or pretty pointless?

Good I think, anything that will grow some biofilm helps with shrimps.

cheers Darrel

 

[mort]

Any one have an idea? It's a pretty common weed in my garden but not sure what it is. Thanks in advance

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Any one have an idea? It's a pretty common weed in my garden but not sure what it is.

It looks like it might be "Nipplewort" (<"Lapsanna communis">). If it is when it flowers it has a branched inflorescence of small "dandelion" flowers.

cheers Darrel

 

[mort]

Thanks Darrel, I've read the description of leaf form and position so will check later but it's a very good shout. If it is I'll try it in a suitable place.

I must say I daren't type the common name is to google

 

[rubadudbdub]

Anyone know what this is? Is it a cotoneaster? The tiny white flowers shed petals constantly. These are blowing into our new pond and being eaten by the fish. I was wondering if its poisonous to the fish, which cotoneaster seems to be.

New shoots/foliage look different to the rest of the plant, and different to other pictures of cotoneasters, hence why I'm not sure.
Thanks

 

[Sarpijk]

Ηi, I bought a Bamboo plant last year around Christmas. The only info on the tab was " non rampant bamboo". It also read that mature stalks get a blackish hue ,if it helps. I put it in a pot, it seems it has settled and has started producing new reeds.

Anyone have any idea of the species? I love the sound it makes when the wind sways it and this is why I bought it for the balcony since I do not have a garden.

 

[Mick.Dk]

Your bush is a Spirea, of some kind. Here in Denmark they are popular named "snow-drift-bush". Mine blow petals in my (tiny!) pond, too, but I never noticed this to harm my goldfish.
It is quite typical for Spirea, that the new growing main-branches appear a little different.
The flowers often have a mild and pleasant, but very spicy fragrance.
- oh, and you might want to get rid of the numerous sap-suckers on that new growth. A good hosing with cold water usually help a lot.

 

[Mick.Dk]

Look like Fargesia nitida (= Black bamboo).
Since a lot of the bamboo types fhave fowered frequently, there are a lot of new varieties on the market (from different seed-plants) that differ more or less from original parents. I honestly don't know if Fargesia is amongst those. The original "Black Bamboo" can be quite big, I think.

 

[mort]

I agree it's a fargesia sp bamboo. I have fargesia rufa that looks very similar/the same and it's a good clump forming species that won't take over. I also have phyllostachys nigra, from the very invasive bamboo genus, and it's not that. I keep that one in a very big planter above ground and on top of concrete.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

The tiny white flowers shed petals constantly

@Mick.Dk is right it is Spirea and it won't flower for long. It looks like a, fairly unhappy, Spirea "arguta" "Bridal Wreath".

If you like it, and want to keep it, they are practically indestructible and if you give it a good prune now, it will flower much better next year.

Look like Fargesia nitida (= Black bamboo).

Looks about right. I don't think it is Phyllostachys nigra, which is the other usual "black" option. Fargesia spp. are clump forming, so non-invasive would seem right as well.

Bamboos are pretty tricky to identify and often you can only get a definitive ID when they flower, and then only because they have global synchronised flowering after incredibly long time period. The down side is the plant is then doomed (they are monocarpic), so you have to grow a new one from seed.

We used to have a large clump (clonal plant) of Fargesia murielae, but it flowered from ~1990 - 1992 before dying. It was about 80 years since the last flowering so allowed us to get an ID. and they flowered in the same period world wide.

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

numerous sap-suckers on that new growth

I've been going around the roses and tapping the new shoots, before feeding the aphids to the Copella callolepis.

cheers Darrel

 

[rubadudbdub]

Your bush is a Spirea, of some kind. Here in Denmark they are popular named "snow-drift-bush".

Mange tak 🙂

 

[rubadudbdub]

Hi all, @Mick.Dk is right it is Spirea and it won't flower for long. It looks like a, fairly unhappy, Spirea "arguta" "Bridal Wreath". /QUOTE]

We inherited it when we moved in two years ago. The only thing I've done is chop a very low growing branch that was blocking half the bed. Being close to the fence it's shaded for half the day. I'll give it a prune. And a hose.
Thanks.

 

[Hanuman]

Hello everyone,

Got this plant growing in my sphagnum moss. Can anyone ID it please? Looks like an erio of some sort but not sure. It just came out one day and been there since. Been there for around 6 months or so. Grows rather slow. The tips and the center have started to become slighly red recently as can be seen on the pictures.

 

[EA James]

Hi all,
Just noticed this growing from one of my palms, I’ve had it for a couple of years now and not noticed it before! what is it? Will it flower?
Cheers

 

[Mick.Dk]

Looks like Cordyline australis, popular called "cabbage tree"..... and yes, it is a flower-spike.

 

[zozo]

Does a plant exist that looks very much like Rosemary but isn't?

It grew on my sheds tile roof on old leaf litter.
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My first best guess was this is Rosemary, but it kinda smells different and less strong than the Rosemary i know... It yet hasn't develop flowers.. So i'm in doubt and out of guesses?

Anybody?

Found out myself. 🙂 with a flower and an app... (Pl@ntnet App, World Flora) Take a pic and it compares the database and comes with suggestions. Till now if there is a flower each time 100% correct... With leaf shape only it can be mistaken.



When the plant is young and without flowers it looks suspiciously alike Rosemary and it also smells good too...
But it seems to be rather poisonous to humans and animals (Liver Damage). And it doesn't seem to be recognized as such by animals, if cows find it they will eat it and then produce poisoned milk.. I guess it's the good smell playing parts in this.
Thus it's a 😱 nono plant... I did dispose of it...

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Just noticed this growing from one of my palms, I’ve had it for a couple of years now and not noticed it before! what is it? Will it flower?

It will, it is a "Torquay Palm" Cordyline australis.

Till now if there is a flower each time 100% correct...

Looks like the correct ID: Senecio inaequidens

if cows find it they will eat it and then produce poisoned milk

They won't eat the growing plant, it is only an issue when it is dried in hay.

It is a S. African species and not common in the UK.

cheers Darrel

 

[mort]

Couple of id's please. I bought some hemp agrimony seeds and this is what has come up. The slugs seem to love it



And a couple of these grew magically out of something else.



Thanks in advance.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

hemp agrimony seeds and this is what has come up.

That is real Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria), not Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum).

And a couple of these grew magically out of something else.

They look like Capsicum plants (Capsicum annuum), could be either Bell Peppers or Chillies.

They might possibly be another Solanaceae sp. (like Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum (Cyphomandra betacea)) or a Datura), but Bell Pepper is my guess.

cheers Darrel