Plant & Weed ID Megathread

standardg60 · 06-06-2022 10:22pm

Cotoneaster crossed my mind but looking at them in your second pic i'd be 100% Myrtle

looksee · 06-06-2022 10:38pm

Ah no, I don't think its cotoneaster.

spookwoman · 06-06-2022 11:12pm

Thanks, now to figure out where to put them

07-06-2022 1:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167418#Comment_119167418

They thrive in heavy shade so are great for underplanting larger trees.

HazeDoll · 09-06-2022 11:13pm

Any ideas what this is? It's growing in a hedge in the countryside. The fruit in the picture is smaller than most of the ones on the tree. The fruit is juicy, like an unripe gooseberry.

I've tried using Seek but no joy.

New Home · 09-06-2022 11:27pm

It reminds me of a jujube, was the tree thorny?

https://www.mygardenlife.com/plant-library/5283/ziziphus/jujuba

HazeDoll · 10-06-2022 12:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119181725#Comment_119181725

It does seem similar. There seems to be a lot of variety in the shape of the leaves with jujube so I can't rule it out. Still, it's unlikely that it's growing in a hedge on farmland!

I can't say for certain whether it has thorns. The twig I cut doesn't but I had to battle through brambles to get it so it was hard to get a good look at the rest of the tree. I'll take another look tomorrow.

New Home · 10-06-2022 12:34am

Could be something similar to a sloe, too, mind you...

RainInSummer · 10-06-2022 7:29am

Looks like a malformed damson or quince.

New Home · 10-06-2022 8:32am

I'd exclude a quince, with those leaves.

standardg60 · 10-06-2022 10:48pm

Very intrigued as to what that might be, has me stumped anyway, really unusual

The Continental Op · 11-06-2022 9:23am

Doubt it will help but apart from the fruit my first thought was some sort of Nothofagus, might just jog someone's thinking?

HazeDoll · 11-06-2022 1:00pm

Thanks everyone!

I'm going to keep an eye on it for a while. My current thinking is that it's a blackthorn with some sort of disease, infestation or mutation. That would make the most sense given its location. I'll keep looking for the same thing growing elsewhere and I'll let you know if I find anything.

jmreire · 11-06-2022 11:46pm

Apologies if this is in the wrong section etc.

I have maybe 12 or 14 apple trees in my garden, different breeds, but all relatively young. most produced plenty of flowers, but only a very small nr actually germinated, In some case, none at all, and in others, maybe only 3 or four apples emerging. However, a nearby crab apple is producing its usual massive crop of apples. Is this the trend nationwide this year, or am I the only one to experience it? And more to the point, what could I do to prevent next years crop turning out the same way? I thought that it might be a shortage of bee's, but the bumper crop of crabapples would seem to indicate otherwise? Thanks for your advice.😀

looksee · 12-06-2022 9:19am

My Bramley has a load of apples developing well, some will drop but for the moment there are masses. Could be yours are still too young, did they fruit last year?

Jim_Hodge · 12-06-2022 1:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190882#Comment_119190882

Agreed. I've a large crop of Bramleys, James Grieves and crab apples this year.

magicbastarder · 12-06-2022 3:33pm

Same here. Reminds me, I need to thin the fruit out today.

spookwoman · 12-06-2022 5:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119181655#Comment_119181655

Has a bit of the look of a Blueberry honeysuckle or Blue Honeysuckle

https://futureforests.ie/products/honeyberry-uspiech

New Home · 12-06-2022 5:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192593#Comment_119192593

I was thinking about that, too, but I didn't see a "navel" underneath the berry in the OP's picture. I wonder, would it be worth asking the chap from www.gardensforlife.ie? He stocks a lot of unusual plants and might know.

spookwoman · 12-06-2022 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192669#Comment_119192669

Just came across a disease called Plum Rocket. Causes the fruit to become long and thin

https://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/fruitarticles/plums/pest-disease.php

New Home · 12-06-2022 6:50pm

That seems to match, all right! Well spotted!

HazeDoll · 12-06-2022 7:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192593#Comment_119192593

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192724#Comment_119192724

Thanks for these suggestions.

The blueberry honeysuckle doesn't seem to have serrated leaves but otherwise seems plausible.

The plum pocket idea makes sense as there are damson trees in the area.

I'm going to watch it closely and see what transpires. I walk past that spot at least once a day with the dogs so I'll be sure to notice any developments.

lim abroad · 18-06-2022 1:43pm

Can anyone identify this? Have it growing in my grass around the edges of the garden.

The Continental Op · 18-06-2022 1:53pm

Just google for pictures of Liverwort.

Possibly liverwort, Lunularia cruciata

18-06-2022 7:09pm

Yes, that or Marchantia polymorpha, both liverworts, in such situations both usually evidence of fairly frequent glyphosate application.

Jim_Hodge · 18-06-2022 8:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119220676#Comment_119220676

I have both in areas of the garden and there hasn't been a glyphosate near the place in 40 years or more. They grow on compacted moist soil in areas of heavy clay soil. They do no hard but can leave hard surfaces slippery.

18-06-2022 9:01pm

They both have wide ecological tolerances, damp, or constant moisture like streamsides, shade or without. And where vascular plants have been regularly suppressed, eg along wall bases, tree pits, amenity plantings regularly treated with glyphosate.

There is an interesting, if limited and diminutive flora of these latter locations. These liverworts, Thale Cress, Whitlow Grass, Rue leaved Saxifrage, Wall and American Speedwells, Cornsalad. All plants that have very short life cycles, less than two months, so can exploit the gaps between treatments.