Plant & Weed ID Megathread

Roen · 30-04-2019 9:31am

Cheers,

So that was the entire plant I was holding in my hand. Stopped just below the bottom of the pick.

Edited the pics to make them a bit more viewing friendly. Think when you link an image from imgur on the mobile site it defaults to the original size instead of a more web friendly one.

OwlEye · 30-04-2019 12:45pm

This is a handy app that I use to help identify plants,

https://identify.plantnet.org/

lottpaul · 30-04-2019 5:25pm

Roen wrote: »

On a bit of a roll here. Fairly distinctive purple base to stems. Posting on mobile so might be tiny.

Edited to reduce pic size.

Is that a type of Angelica?

looksee · 30-04-2019 10:04pm

I think you are right Lottpaul, I am not too familiar with angelica, I gather it is the same family as the hogweeds, etc.

bkrangle · 02-05-2019 6:21pm

Can anyone ID this?

My neighbour has some growing in their garden and a few have now taken hold in mine.

I'm guessing they're some sort of large weed but bees seem to like it so I've let it grow.

GrumpyMe · 02-05-2019 6:26pm

Young Echium?

New Home · 02-05-2019 6:34pm

Young Japanese medlar/ loquat?

(Eriobotrya Japonica)

Loquat+leaf.JPG

These are the flowers, but the tree takes quite a few years before it shows any signs of flowering (it'll be at least three metres tall before it blooms).

bkrangle · 02-05-2019 8:48pm

GrumpyMe wrote: »

Young Echium?

I think it's one of these based on the larger ones I've seen in my neighbour's

Thanks!

Griffinx · 02-05-2019 9:12pm

Anyone know this tree?

New Home · 02-05-2019 9:16pm

Whitebeam?

freewheeler · 02-05-2019 9:28pm

Yeah looks like Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)

Dtp1979 · 03-05-2019 9:39am

What is this?

New Home · 03-05-2019 11:05am

A fern, but if you meant what kind, I wouldn't be sure.

JR79 · 04-05-2019 4:43pm

Hi

Can anyone tell me what plant this is thanks

New Home · 04-05-2019 4:51pm

I'd say blackcurrant.

New Home · 04-05-2019 4:52pm

Or maybe redcurrant.

macraignil · 04-05-2019 10:01pm

JR79 wrote: »

Hi

Can anyone tell me what plant this is thanks

I'd guess it's a flowering currant.

04-05-2019 10:10pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

What is this?

It is a Male Fern, Dryopteris, possibly D.affinis Scaly Male Fern

04-05-2019 10:16pm

MeTheMan wrote: »

This grows along the shore near me every year. Roots smell like celery.

This is very likely Hemlock Water Dropwort, sometimes considered the most poisonous of all our native plants. Most frequent on seashores. All parts are poisonous, but reported fatalities have come from eating those visible roots

countrywoman · 04-05-2019 11:54pm

First time to upload a photo, hope it works
Any idea what weed this is. A number of flowerbeds are overtaken by this. Millions of seeds visible on soil too; it's self seeding
Thanks

countrywoman · 04-05-2019 11:56pm

Here it is

looksee · 05-05-2019 12:04am

Still no pic!

countrywoman · 05-05-2019 9:47am

Look see, i can upload it

countrywoman · 05-05-2019 9:48am

It's like a clump of grass. Not deep rooted. Self seeds. Seeds visible on the soil

Varta · 05-05-2019 10:25am

JR79 wrote: »

Hi

Can anyone tell me what plant this is thanks

I don't know its name but it's not a currant. I have it growing between the neighbour and me. It makes a very large, dense hedge, that gives great cover for birds. Those pink flowers give off the most beautiful fragrance morning and evening from early spring right through to the end of summer. The fragrance brings me back to my childhood as it reminds me of the smell in the church at benediction. It is incredibly easy to propagate - simply cut a piece off and stick it in the ground.

looksee · 05-05-2019 11:37am

Why do you say it is not a current? Looks like a currant to me - Ribes Sanguineum. Would be improved by being severely cut back and allowed to grow again to improve the flowers.

standardg60 · 05-05-2019 12:37pm

countrywoman wrote: »

It's like a clump of grass. Not deep rooted. Self seeds. Seeds visible on the soil

Before you post a pic is there a bird feeder above the area?
A carpet of maize is growing under most bird feeders i've seen recently, the birds don't like them and simply throw the seeds out!

Varta · 05-05-2019 2:23pm

looksee wrote: »

Why do you say it is not a current? Looks like a currant to me - Ribes Sanguineum. Would be improved by being severely cut back and allowed to grow again to improve the flowers.

Hi Looksee. I have it growing and it grows like a hedge (as big as a small tree). It may be in the currant family but it doesn't bear fruit. Here it is in close up and from further away. It had about three feet lopped off recently! (trying to upload images)

Varta · 05-05-2019 2:27pm

Here we go.

barneyrub · 05-05-2019 2:33pm

Is this a hydrangea?

And if so, is it possible to move it this time of year? Path going where it is now

barneyrub · 05-05-2019 2:34pm

Is this a hydrangea?

And if so, is it possible to move it this time of year? Path going where it is now

barneyrub · 05-05-2019 2:39pm

And also any idea on this. Has bright red berries in autumn.

Would it be worth/possible moving it? There's paving going where it is now?
tx

New Home · 05-05-2019 2:41pm

Not a hydrangea, perhaps a berberis (the tree-like shrub with red berries, I mean).

New Home · 05-05-2019 2:42pm

And yes, the first is a hydrangea. Not sure how much they'd enjoy being moved when they're just about ready to bloom. I'd say it'd be safer to move them when they're dormant, but someone more knowledgeable will clarify soon.

Having said that, if the alternative is to get rid of it altogether, I'd say it's worth trying to save it even if the season isn't the most favourable.

standardg60 · 05-05-2019 3:33pm

Varta wrote: »

Hi Looksee. I have it growing and it grows like a hedge (as big as a small tree). It may be in the currant family but it doesn't bear fruit. Here it is in close up and from further away. It had about three feet lopped off recently! (trying to upload images)

Varta it is flowering currant..Ribes sanguineum.

standardg60 · 05-05-2019 3:43pm

barneyrub wrote: »

And also any idea on this. Has bright red berries in autumn.

Would it be worth/possible moving it? There's paving going where it is now?
tx

It's an old cankered cotoneaster, not really worth keeping.
The hydrangea should be fine being moved as it's quite small, just give it plenty of water once replanted.

looksee · 05-05-2019 6:41pm

Varta, it is rather an exceptionally big specimen, but it is a flowering current. It may have the occasional weedy fruit on it but it is grown for the flowers not fruit.

Agree about cotoneaster. If you look around you may well find a young one growing somewhere - they can throw seeds around with the same enthusiasm as a sycamore.

barneyrub · 05-05-2019 9:33pm

Thanks everyone.

Figured it'd be the wrong time of year to look at moving any plant really. The hydrangea will have to come up though but will replant it and just hope for the best....

Will let the cotoneaster go so. It's always baffled me since we moved in here...it's just plonked in the middle of the garden all on it's own! I guess now it wasn't planted and must have strayed from somewhere....must peek over the neighbours wall!!

JR79 · 05-05-2019 11:05pm

Varta wrote: »

I don't know its name but it's not a currant. I have it growing between the neighbour and me. It makes a very large, dense hedge, that gives great cover for birds. Those pink flowers give off the most beautiful fragrance morning and evening from early spring right through to the end of summer. The fragrance brings me back to my childhood as it reminds me of the smell in the church at benediction. It is incredibly easy to propagate - simply cut a piece off and stick it in the ground.

Thank you all for your info. Yes this is a hedge grows quite large and has a really strong smell, brings me right back to my grandparents house when I was a kid every time I smell it, that and lifebouy soap!

Varta · 06-05-2019 1:07pm

looksee wrote: »

Varta, it is rather an exceptionally big specimen, but it is a flowering current. It may have the occasional weedy fruit on it but it is grown for the flowers not fruit.

Agree about cotoneaster. If you look around you may well find a young one growing somewhere - they can throw seeds around with the same enthusiasm as a sycamore.

Cheers. Lots of people have asked me what it is and I've never been able to tell them.

Shaunoc · 07-05-2019 10:16am

image hopefully attached.
growing at the base of a couple of sycamore and ash in the lawn.

New Home · 07-05-2019 10:33am

Could be tiger lily - I'd leave it there just to see what it is, curiosity would kill me.

Shaunoc · 07-05-2019 10:37am

New Home wrote: »

Could be tiger lily - I'd leave it there just to see what it is, curiosity would kill me.

i'm looking at it for 3 years - yet to see it flower. directly in my line of sight from work desk.
it'll stay for this year

New Home · 07-05-2019 10:42am

Try to dig around them when they die back, and see if you find anything bulb-wise, maybe they just need to be moved to a better position (for them) to bloom. For instance, we had Jerusalem artichokes at the back of the house (North) for YEARS and they never flowered - Not. One. Single. Bloom. We then moved some to the front (South), and since then every single year we get loads of sunshine on stalks.

Holy Diver · 07-05-2019 7:27pm

Hi,
Can someone tell me what the plant in the photos is?
It takes over a bed around this time each year. Low level and sprawling.
Starting to think I’ll get rid of it although it looks ok. Just seems to take over.
Thanks

Roen · 07-05-2019 7:54pm

Any flowers? Reminds me a bit of bindweed.

New Home · 07-05-2019 8:34pm

The leaves aren't what I'd associate with bindweed... somehow they remind me of honeysuckle, but the leaves aren't quite right for it either.

GrumpyMe · 07-05-2019 8:45pm

Shaunoc wrote: »

image hopefully attached.
growing at the base of a couple of sycamore and ash in the lawn.

Maybe a euphorbia...
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1527/8799/products/Euphorbia-Galaxy-Glow-PP-28761.i-12357.s-65527.r-1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1556116775

07-05-2019 8:54pm

This looks like a Vinca or Periwinkle, often won't flower in shade

New Home · 07-05-2019 9:16pm

I don't think it's them, either - I have them in a vase in front of me (and plenty of them in the garden) and both the stems and the leaves are quite different. Of course, it could possibly be a different variety...

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