HELP ME! Flower Identification Thread

Ace Attorney

Hi there, i was wondering can anybody help me identify this thing

FLOWER OR WEED?

Is it a plant or a weed? no one in my family is sure what it is, help would be appricated

looksee

Probably not a lot of help, but I'm pretty sure I saw that in the Botanical Gardens in Dublin yesterday, in the Irish wildflower section. I was interested as I had not seen it before, sadly I cannot remember the name...

Ace Attorney

looksee wrote: »

Probably not a lot of help, but I'm pretty sure I saw that in the Botanical Gardens in Dublin yesterday, in the Irish wildflower section. I was interested as I had not seen it before, sadly I cannot remember the name...

If its in the botanical gardens it probably not a weed so, thats awesome just need to find out the name then :-) thanks

rje66

Thatdoesnt looksafe tome AHHHHHHH wrote: »

Hi there, i was wondering can anybody help me identify this thing

FLOWER OR WEED?

Is it a plant or a weed? no one in my family is sure what it is, help would be appricated

I think phygelius. Have a Google and get back to me:-)

lottpaul

Could be a type of mint? -- have you tried picking a leaf, crushing and smelling it?

Ace Attorney

rje66 wrote: »

I think phygelius. Have a Google and get back to me:-)

Its not unlike it surley especially in this pic i think you are right thank you !!:D

looksee

The patch of irish wildflowers in the botanical gardens are in fact weeds! :-) and I am pretty sure its the same thing I saw there.

Ace Attorney

looksee wrote: »

The patch of irish wildflowers in the botanical gardens are in fact weeds! :-) and I am pretty sure its the same thing I saw there.

Lol so they're weeds then, sound enough, now to convince the family :-)

redser7

Well if its in the right place then it's not a weed

KnapperHandy

rje66 wrote: »

I think phygelius. Have a Google and get back to me:-)

I think rje66 is right - my initial impression just looking at the foliage,is that it was a variety of fuchsia;Phygelius is commonly known as the 'Cape fuchsia'.

yellowlabrador

I know it under the name Devil's Tears. It's a bit of a bully and spreads with runners under the ground. It grows to about 4 foot tall.

lottpaul

yellowlabrador wrote: »

I know it under the name Devil's Tears. It's a bit of a bully and spreads with runners under the ground. It grows to about 4 foot tall.

Looked at the pics again and would agree - the "buds/flowers" at the tips of the branches are very familiar and I don't think you'd see them in phygelius or mint.

Don't know the "proper" name for it but it does spread like mad, and gets very tall. Usually grows here in damper spots than the picture shows though.

rje66

FYI
Devil's tears =phygelius x rectus=cape fuschia

KnapperHandy

lottpaul wrote: »

Looked at the pics again and would agree - the "buds/flowers" at the tips of the branches are very familiar and I don't think you'd see them in phygelius or mint.

Don't know the "proper" name for it but it does spread like mad, and gets very tall. Usually grows here in damper spots than the picture shows though.

Phygelius/Cape fuchsia/Devil's tears are one and the same I believe,but I stand corrected!

KnapperHandy

rje66 wrote: »

FYI
Devil's tears =phygelius x rectus=cape fuschia

You got there before me rje66 - sorry!:o

Ace Attorney

Thanks everyone that replied, now to uproot the little terror

KnapperHandy

I wouldn't uproot it!They can be quite nice looking and you can always keep it in check with pruning,however,it's up to you at the end of the day.

Tabnabs

Hopefully it's ok to continue this thread rather than restart a whole new one. I found this growing in an old pot and wondered if anyone could ID it from the leaf?

Velvet shank

Tabnabs wrote: »

Hopefully it's ok to continue this thread rather than restart a whole new one. I found this growing in an old pot and wondered if anyone could ID it from the leaf?

looks Like Birch

rje66

looks like a variety of vine (vitis)????