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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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  • #3422
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    I assume this is a weed, but just checking before removing it. It has appeared in the last week in a raised bed.

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  • #3423
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,732 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Looks a bit like a fuchsia, but I am not convinced by the leaf groupings.



  • #3424
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,278 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123417984#Comment_123417984

    100% fushia ;-)

    Those triple buds are always the best choice for cuttings. Some plants have two buds at each node some three and some a mix. You get better branching with the three buds at each node.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • #3425
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    Thanks - it may well be fuschia. The raised bed is a few feet from where a massively overgrown fuschia was removed last year (see below). I was sorry to lose the fuschia, but it was in the way. It would be nice to be able to revive it now in a pot maybe. Should I try pull it up and pot it, or take a cutting?

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  • #3426
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,278 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418051#Comment_123418051

    Carefully dig it up. Cut it down by half when you put it up and use the bit you cut off for a cutting.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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  • #3427
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,526 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


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    No idea what this is, any help please?

    Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.



  • #3428
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,732 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I think its a hazel, alder is very similar but i think its hazel.



  • #3429
    Busman Paddy Lasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭Busman Paddy Lasty


    Seen leaves like that before that was an Alder tree. Are there any big trees nearby?



  • #3430
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,278 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    I's tend to go with Hazel over Alder. If only that main leaf wasn't damaged I'd be more confident.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • #3431
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,181 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    What is this plant please? Seems to have vigorous and long lasting flowers on the roadsides so I want to get it going in my wild verges (unless its an invasive):

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  • #3432
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    red valerian i think. native wildflower.



  • #3433
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,526 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    No big trees near us. I threw a wildflower seed mix in there last year so presumed it was something to do with that at first but it does seem to be some type of tree. Any harm in leaving it? These other things

    are popping up

    Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.



  • #3434
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,526 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    Sorry these other things are popping up around it which I hope are from the wildflower mix

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    Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.



  • #3435
    macraignil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,741 ✭✭✭macraignil


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418508#Comment_123418508

    I think they look like Yarrow (Achillea) which have nice flowers.

    Trees tend to get fairly big with time so if you don't have the space for them it is easier to dig them out when they are younger.

    Happy gardening!



  • #3436
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,526 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    Thanks yeah I'll get rid of the tree now so cause my garden is tiny!

    Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.



  • #3437
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,181 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Whats this thats sprung up in my verges please? Thought it was another Elder tree but the leaves are different:

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  • #3438
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Hydrangea?



  • #3439
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,938 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Is it a Guelder Rose?



  • #3440
    New Home
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123421497#Comment_123421497

    Actually, scrap my hydrangea idea. I'd say you're right.



  • #3441
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,938 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123421509#Comment_123421509

    The maple-like leaves make me think it is. Plus I had been looking at native Irish hedging plants recently, and this one is common as such.



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  • #3442
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,181 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Okay brilliant thanks, delighted with that!



  • #3443
    Xander10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭Xander10


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    Does anyone know the name of this nice climber with red flower.

    Sorry the picture is a bit dark



  • #3444
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Edit: No, I was wrong.

    Post edited by New Home on


  • #3445
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Chaenomeles for me, probably 'crimson 'n' gold'. I've been admiring them anywhere I've seen as they've been great this year, as has pretty much everything. An underrated plant.



  • #3446
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123423532#Comment_123423532

    You're on the money, I'd say. I just downloaded that pic and increased the brightness. Here it is.

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  • #3447
    Xander10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭Xander10


    Great stuff a guys. Thanks for all the help



  • #3448
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123423581#Comment_123423581

    Various shades of pink available too, but the rarely seen white is my favourite..

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  • #3449
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123413004#Comment_123413004
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    Saw my first one ever tonight too, Christ they are like mini drones, the noise of them!



  • #3450
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    Hi, I'm not sure if I am in the right thread. I have a lawn issue and I'd like some advice. We bought a house about 5 years ago. The problem is that it has yellow grass at the front (pic attached). Is this from the type of seed that was planted? There is a significant amount of it. How do I deal with it?

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  • #3451
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,732 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    If you take a rake to it - you can get special ones for thatching grass but any rake will do really, and scrape it to remove all that dead stuff. Then feed it.



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