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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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    #1502
    tromtipp
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭tromtipp


    Yes, a paeony - very nice one.


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    #1503
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Not a tree peony is it? Lidl have sold a lot of them.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1504
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭standardg60


    The Continental Op wrote: »
    Not a tree peony is it? Lidl have sold a lot of them.

    Second that, looks like a suffruticosa variety.


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    #1505
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    whats this?.....

    shrub2.jpg


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    #1506
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Chaenomeles


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    #1507
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,139 ✭✭✭highdef


    happyday wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/09/spray-pray-is-roundup-carcinogenic-monsanto-farmers-suing

    Please think twice before using Roundup. It does so much damage to the environment and ecosystems - not to mention the danger to your own health.

    I use weedkiller in places that require it such as weeds that can get out of control unless completely eradicated on on the driveway where I can't use a blowtorch. Where I spray has no runoff to local waterways. I'm not fond of the stuff but it does what needs to be done.

    Garden is thriving with bees and butterflies so it can't be too bad, on the whole.


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    #1508
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,139 ✭✭✭highdef


    highdef wrote: »
    I have a patch of this on a south facing embankment in my back garden and have been leaving it as I thought it looked pretty but I shall be treating it to a meal of Roundup soon after reading this!!!

    On closer inspection, it looks to be mallow so I shall be leaving it be.


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    #1509
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    fryup wrote: »
    whats this?.....

    shrub2.jpg

    That's so funny, I just came on here to post a picture of that same plant. Thank you for saving me the trouble.


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    #1510
    wildwillow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    Common name is quince. Lovely plant.


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    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    wildwillow wrote: »
    Common name is quince. Lovely plant.

    Japanese quince, so its not confused with the fruit tree quince.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1512
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,050 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    The Continental Op wrote: »
    Japanese quince, so its not confused with the fruit tree quince.

    The fruit are edible though - well cookable!


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    #1513
    flended12
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭flended12


    Hi Folks,

    Lovely smell in the garden this morning of very faint perfume. Living next door to folks and a back entrance joining us I eventually tracked down the smell to the attached pics. Weirdly the smell appears to get less the closer you get to the plant.

    The plant itself is about 12 foot high at moment. No idea what it is.

    Eventhough the flowers appear dark purple in the pics they are actually red when sun hits them. All help appreciated.

    Also, when its identified is it possible to take a slip from it and grow in my own garden.


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    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Easy one (I hope) Pittosporum tenuifolium - doesn't always flower that well so might be a particular variety.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,050 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Pittosporum tenuifolium. An attractive shrub even without the flowers. I have seen articles saying that they rarely flower, but I had one that flowered every year, and as you say, a faint but appealing scent - mine was a variegated version.

    You can take cuttings in the late summer/early autumn, using 'half ripe' cuttings - this year's growth. On the other hand they are not expensive shrubs and easily found. A slip from one that reliably flowers might be a better bet though, I am not sure.


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    #1516
    lottpaul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭lottpaul


    I have some and they self seed profusely - you might find a few strays around, especially under the tree, but if you want a quicker result I'd agree with looksee - head for a garden centre and buy one.


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    flended12
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭flended12


    lottpaul wrote: »
    I have some and they self seed profusely - you might find a few strays around, especially under the tree, but if you want a quicker result I'd agree with looksee - head for a garden centre and buy one.

    Great info folks, many thanks!!


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    #1518
    Nothing surprises me now
    Registered Users Posts: 1,517 ✭✭✭Nothing surprises me now


    Hello, could anyone identify this plant please?
    I got a few slips a few years ago and it's lovely. Have given cuttings to friends and they love it too. Thank you.


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    #1519
    wildwillow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    Carpobrotus edulis.

    south african
    sometimes called ice plant, ice fig


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    #1520
    Nothing surprises me now
    Registered Users Posts: 1,517 ✭✭✭Nothing surprises me now


    Thanks so much. Can tell my friends now. Looking forward to it blooming in the summer.


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    #1521
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    Nothing surprises me now wrote: »
    Hello, could anyone identify this plant please?
    I got a few slips a few years ago and it's lovely. Have given cuttings to friends and they love it too. Thank you.
    That’s very exotic looking...would love to get one :)


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    [Deleted User]
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    What is this, some kind of vibernum?

    The leaves (light green, papery) look different to a guelder rose (and anyway it's roo early for guelder flowers, I think). It's from a shrub about 7' tall , producing very fragrant globular blooms about 5 inches in diameter, that's been planted on the edge of the wood. Would like to research how to manage it, or maybe I should leave it alone — it has been ignored for years.

    Thanks in advance


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    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Sort of Viburnum plicatum to me but I can't convince myself, annoyed as I've grown one with exactly the same flowers but can't remember exactly what it was?

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    wildwillow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    Might be a viburnum burkwoodii as is is very fragrant. All viburnum are fairly hardy and do fine left to their own devices. You can prune, if necessary.


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    #1525
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    wildwillow wrote: »
    Might be a viburnum burkwoodii as is is very fragrant. All viburnum are fairly hardy and do fine left to their own devices. You can prune, if necessary.

    Thats the one I was thinking of.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1526
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Possibly carlcephalum too


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    [Deleted User]
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    standardg60 wrote: »
    Possibly carlcephalum too

    Ah, yes, i'm pretty certain this is it.

    http://classes.hortla.wsu.edu/hort231/List02/VibSpp.html

    http://classes.hortla.wsu.edu/hort231/List02/VibxCarl.html

    The burkwoodi sounds almost exactly right, but its leaves are described by the RHS as glossy and dark green. Whereas the leaves on our shrubs are distinctively papery and have no gloss at all, which corresponds to the appearance of the carlcephalum, which is apparently also very fragrant. I can currently smell these from across the room.

    Thanks everyone. Was only really seeking confirmation that it was a vibernum, so this extra info is great to know


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    #1528
    wildwillow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    Glad you're sorted. I love scented plants and must that on my wish list. One learns a great deal from this forum.


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    #1529
    twinex
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭twinex


    Could anyone tell me what this plant is called please? Maybe photinia something something?


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    #1530
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Generically I call the Photinia "Red Robin" but there are a good few other varieties Photinia with different sizes and shades of red leaves.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1531
    twinex
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭twinex


    The Continental Op wrote: »
    Generically I call the Photinia "Red Robin" but there are a good few other varieties Photinia with different sizes and shades of red leaves.

    My neighbour has a red robin hedge and I saw the similarities between them but mine has definitely a lighter, more faded set of leaves on it. The bumblees love crawling through the white blossoms, which I love to see. I'd love to grow more.

    Is it too early to take cuttings?


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