Plant & Weed ID Megathread

NcdJd · 17-11-2020 3:20pm

Bixy wrote: »

Euonymus, possibly fortunei , good as coastal hedge

Thanks Bixy, knew there was something familiar about the stem I seen before but couldn't make the connection. Spindle tree family.

Thanks again much appreciated.

bungaro79 · 20-11-2020 6:28pm

Hi all
Just noticed this in my raspberry plant pot? Is it honey fungus??

New Home · 20-11-2020 11:29pm

If it is, it's quite old.

looksee · 21-11-2020 6:55pm

I don't know what they are, but I just rooted a ton of them out of my raised bed, where they were very happy!

Toulouse · 22-11-2020 12:45pm

We haven’t gotten around to doing anything with the garden of the house we bought. We have a monster growing at the back wall that I need help to ID.

Thanks in advance

New Home · 22-11-2020 1:45pm

A picture would help.

Toulouse · 26-11-2020 9:40am

Photos were too large, didn’t realise the post had actually gone through!

First one is the monster, second is some kind of shrub I need help with too.

Bixy · 26-11-2020 10:02am

Echium pinniana - It is a monster - lives for two years, then dies, will grow to about 2 m in its second year - loved by bees but sheds prolific seed so you will be weeding "babies" for a long time. Google and see if you like the look of the plant in its second year - spectacular but a possible nuisance down the line with its offspring! Not native.

Bixy · 26-11-2020 10:04am

Sorry Toulouse - only looked at first picture - second one looks like a rhododendron to me, but others may disagree?

lottpaul · 26-11-2020 10:05am

Echiums are beloved by many and not so popular with others - it is a spectacular plant though. The second one won't enlarge properly for me but looks like a rhodo of some sort.

Toulouse · 26-11-2020 12:49pm

Oh wow! That’s amazing, we’re very excited to see what colour it will be!! We’ll be leaving it where it is, no plans to do anything major with the garden for at least another year.

Thank you all!

wildwillow · 26-11-2020 3:28pm

There are some echiums growing in the garden in Farmleigh House.

Mostly pale blue but I saw them at the end of the season so they may have been more colourful earlier.

They must reach about 12 feet and are truly spectacular. You need lots of space and you will have to careful not to allow too many seedlings to develop.
Please do post photos when it flowers next year.

Toulouse · 26-11-2020 10:13pm

Will do!

No idea where it came from but sure it’s the most exciting thing that’s happened in months

New Home · 05-12-2020 3:56pm

https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetail/artikel/largest-inventory-of-known-plant-species-published-2020-11-26/

looksee · 05-12-2020 6:19pm

That's some amazing piece of work!

depcon · 18-12-2020 4:37pm

Can anyone identify this plant . Found behind my shed this afternoon. Is it Japanese knotweed.

wildwillow · 18-12-2020 4:41pm

Not japanese knotweed. hard to tell without leaves. Thought it might be ash as it seeds very easily but can't see the black buds.

Cut to ground level or below and keep cutting it until it disappears altogether.

depcon · 18-12-2020 4:51pm

Have a photo of the last remaining leaf.

Reckless Abandonment · 18-12-2020 4:58pm

Looks like a cherry sapling .is there a cherry tree anywhere near

wildwillow · 18-12-2020 5:18pm

Branches look much redder in that picture. Agree it might be a cherry.

corks finest · 18-12-2020 5:34pm

wildwillow wrote: »

Branches look much redder in that picture. Agree it might be a cherry.

Ay

Laurel type?

18-12-2020 11:07pm

depcon wrote: »

Can anyone identify this plant . Found behind my shed this afternoon. Is it Japanese knotweed.

I think this is Grey Willow. It will seed anywhere.

rje66 · 18-12-2020 11:47pm

Willow for me too.

sidcon · 10-01-2021 3:58pm

Anyone any idea what this is. It has grown in our vegetable trough out the back garden,

sidcon · 10-01-2021 4:06pm

Anyone any idea what this is. It has grown in our vegetable trough out the back garden,

Identify it https://imgur.com/gallery/ZhME3rE

10-01-2021 4:56pm

It might be Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, but I have a suspicion that this is Ragweed, Ambrosia artemisifolia, a North American plant. You do not want this in your garden; it produces more pollen than any other plant, but this is not a good thing, it causes serious problems for anyone with allergy/respiratory issues. Get rid before it flowers.

LaChatteGitane · 10-01-2021 5:20pm

Feverfew ?

sidcon · 10-01-2021 5:31pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It might be Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, but I have a suspicion that this is Ragweed, Ambrosia artemisifolia, a North American plant. You do not want this in your garden; it produces more pollen than any other plant, but this is not a good thing, it causes serious problems for anyone with allergy/respiratory issues. Get rid before it flowers.

Thanks, pulled out now, 3 asthmatic and 2 with heyfever in the house so won't take the chance.

corks finest · 11-01-2021 12:51am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It might be Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, but I have a suspicion that this is Ragweed, Ambrosia artemisifolia, a North American plant. You do not want this in your garden; it produces more pollen than any other plant, but this is not a good thing, it causes serious problems for anyone with allergy/respiratory issues. Get rid before it flowers.

See that or something vv similar in some of pine forests

New Home · 13-02-2021 2:52pm

Azalea?

Riiiiight....

https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/plants-flowers/azalea-amour/p7377

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