Recently moved into a rented property with a pretty neglected garden. I'm not going to be here all that long but I would still like a semi pleasant garden for the summer. The only trouble is, I don't have very green fingers (in fact, they're usually a shade of brown as I'm a vet!)

Hence, I'm not sure at present whether some of the plants in the garden are weeds and need shifting or whether they are plants to potentially keep.

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

Many thanks,

Rick

rikwatson wrote:
Recently moved into a rented property with a pretty neglected garden.
I'm not going to be here all that long but I would still like a semi
pleasant garden for the summer. The only trouble is, I don't have very
green fingers (in fact, they're usually a shade of brown as I'm a
vet!)

Hence, I'm not sure at present whether some of the plants in the garden
are weeds and need shifting or whether they are plants to potentially
keep.

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

The first might be honeysuckle (Lonicera)? Is it sort of
climbing/trailing over other plants with long weak stems? If it is, it
is usually a nice plant and attracts insects and sometimes smells nice.
It is easy to tell when it flowers.

The second looks familiar but I cannot guess. It will flower soon by
the looks of it and you will get an answer then if no one spots it now.
Wild guess: Lychnic chalcedonica which has vivid scarlet flowers or
Epilobium hirsutum (hairy willowherb) which has pinky/mauve flowers and
is a weed for some people. They are vague guesses.



Many thanks,

Rick


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rikwatson

wrote:
The first might be honeysuckle (Lonicera)?

It is. And it's a summer flowering one too. Lucky sausage indeed.

The second looks familiar but I cannot guess. It will flower soon by
the looks of it and you will get an answer then if no one spots it now.
Wild guess: Lychnic chalcedonica

No. Lychnic leaves are lighter and with a duvet fluff on them.

which has vivid scarlet flowers or
Epilobium hirsutum (hairy willowherb) which has pinky/mauve flowers and
is a weed for some people. They are vague guesses.

No. The leaves of the Epilobium are serrated and the stems are hairy.
The name's at the tip of me tongue!!!!!!

the one on the left is almost certainly a honeysuckle. u can't be sure of the exact variety until it flowers although it looks very much like a Lonicera periclymenum

rikwatson wrote:

Recently moved into a rented property with a pretty neglected garden.
I'm not going to be here all that long but I would still like a semi
pleasant garden for the summer. The only trouble is, I don't have very
green fingers (in fact, they're usually a shade of brown as I'm a
vet!)

Hence, I'm not sure at present whether some of the plants in the garden
are weeds and need shifting or whether they are plants to potentially
keep.

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

what about Lysimachia punctata for number 2?

see here for a comparison:

http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflor...a_punctata.htm

Philippe

rikwatson wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

I've got it! I think it's Bergamot, monarda - it is it you are a very
lucky person )

Philippe Gautier wrote:
what about Lysimachia punctata for number 2?
see here for a comparison:
http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflor...a_punctata.htm

HOOoooo, close. Perhaps we ought to wait to see the colors of the
flowers. I'm in for Bergamot )

La Puce wrote:
Philippe Gautier wrote:

what about Lysimachia punctata for number 2?
see here for a comparison:
http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflor...a_punctata.htm


HOOoooo, close. Perhaps we ought to wait to see the colors of the
flowers. I'm in for Bergamot )

Have to say that was my second choice ;-)

La Puce wrote:
Philippe Gautier wrote:
what about Lysimachia punctata for number 2?
see here for a comparison:
http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflor...a_punctata.htm

HOOoooo, close. Perhaps we ought to wait to see the colors of the
flowers. I'm in for Bergamot )

I'll go with that (Monarda).

Philippe Gautier wrote:
La Puce wrote:
HOOoooo, close. Perhaps we ought to wait to see the colors of the
flowers. I'm in for Bergamot )

Have to say that was my second choice ;-)

Lysimachia is very much it bumer ;o)

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rikwatson wrote:
Recently moved into a rented property with a pretty neglected garden.
I'm not going to be here all that long but I would still like a semi
pleasant garden for the summer. The only trouble is, I don't have very
green fingers (in fact, they're usually a shade of brown as I'm a
vet!)

You'll be all right for manure then? :-))

Steve

rikwatson writes

Recently moved into a rented property with a pretty neglected garden.
I'm not going to be here all that long but I would still like a semi
pleasant garden for the summer. The only trouble is, I don't have very
green fingers (in fact, they're usually a shade of brown as I'm a
vet!)

Hence, I'm not sure at present whether some of the plants in the garden
are weeds and need shifting or whether they are plants to potentially
keep.

A weed is simply a plant where you don't want it. If you like the plant
and it's not crowding out other things that you like more, then keep it.
It's purely personal decision (just don't let it go to seed if your
neighbour takes the opposite view of it)

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

L: honeysuckle
R yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)- strange yellow flowers with
the petals all fused at the base, so when the flower is over it falls
off in one single piece. Used to be in almost every garden, now less
popular.
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Kay

Plenty of manure, unfortunately usually in rather inappropriate places. Thanks very much guys for your help - I was about to get stuck in and dig up the predicted Bergamot so glad you stopped me! I've got a few more up my sleeve that need naming... Any good websites for identifying plants?

Hi Rick,

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

I see you've got more pics up now.

I think the third pic is a geranium, will prob have pink/purplish
flowers, likes sun or part shade or even full shade I think (we've
considered it for our back yard, since the snails have eaten my nice
hostas). Not the same as the "geraniums" often grown in pots and
baskets - those are pelargoniums.

I don't know the name of no 4, though I know it as lambs ears. I think
it will have cerise flowers later on in the summer (should it ever
arrive!). Prob drought resistance due to all that hair on the leaves.

No 5 looks like purple sage to me.

I'm sure others more knowledgeable will leap in! I only just found this
NG and am already finding it both useful and fun.

Maggie

On Thu, 25 May 2006 10:43:24 +0100, MaggieW wrote
(in article ):


Hi Rick,

http://www.pbase.com/rikwatson/plants

Here are a couple of photos of 2 plants I'm unsure of.
Any help is very very welcome!!

I see you've got more pics up now.

I think the third pic is a geranium, will prob have pink/purplish
flowers, likes sun or part shade or even full shade I think (we've
considered it for our back yard, since the snails have eaten my nice
hostas). Not the same as the "geraniums" often grown in pots and
baskets - those are pelargoniums.

We have lots of this. A very good value plant I think. Easy to grow and
prolific.


I don't know the name of no 4, though I know it as lambs ears. I think
it will have cerise flowers later on in the summer (should it ever
arrive!). Prob drought resistance due to all that hair on the leaves.


Isn't that lychnis? I know it as lambs' ears as well!



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