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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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    #452
    standardg60
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    finla wrote: »
    Looks like an agapanthus. There's a lot of different varieties.

    Nope, nerine lilies


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    #453
    looksee
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    They vanish completely till the flower stalks come up, followed by the leaves, so you have to be careful not to dig them up. Lovely flowers.


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    #454
    ravendude
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    standardg60 wrote: »
    Nope, nerine lilies

    Thanks! Looking there and that's def the one.
    A striking flower for this time of year!
    Think I will be putting a lot more of these in!


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    #455
    ravendude
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    looksee wrote: »
    They vanish completely till the flower stalks come up, followed by the leaves, so you have to be careful not to dig them up. Lovely flowers.

    Yep,they came up out if nowhere in a house we are renting while extending our own. A very pleasant surprise


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    #456
    kylith
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    Any idea what this is? It smells heavenly


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    #457
    Igotadose
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    Meadowsweet?


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    #458
    looksee
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    I think it is Russian Vine, which is an invasive mad grower, also called mile-a-minute plant.


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    #459
    kylith
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    looksee wrote: »
    I think it is Russian Vine, which is an invasive mad grower, also called mile-a-minute plant.

    I think meadowsweet is more likely. It was more shrubby looking than viney


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    kylith wrote: »
    I think meadowsweet is more likely. It was more shrubby looking than viney

    This is definitely NOT Meadowsweet!

    Looks like Himalayan Knotweed, or a close relative, monumentally invasive, read up on it if its in your own property.


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    #461
    macraignil
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    This is definitely NOT Meadowsweet!

    Looks like Himalayan Knotweed, or a close relative, monumentally invasive, read up on it if its in your own property.


    Was just looking at online images myself and agree it looks like Himalayan knotweed to me. The leaves are a bit longer than the Japanese variety I thought it might be at first.


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    #462
    kylith
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    This is definitely NOT Meadowsweet!

    Looks like Himalayan Knotweed, or a close relative, monumentally invasive, read up on it if its in your own property.

    Dammit, I was afraid of it being something like that. It’s not on my property, I stumbled across it in town earlier and thought it smelled gorgeous, and that if it was doable I’d take a cutting. Knotweeds are a bit too easy to propogate though.


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    #463
    my3cents
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    Another vote for Himalayan Knotweed

    http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Himalayan-knotweed.pdf - leaf comparisons at bottom of the page.

    Edit> If it still has that much leaf its not too late to get the Gylphosate out.


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    #464
    kylith
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    my3cents wrote: »
    Another vote for Himalayan Knotweed

    http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Himalayan-knotweed.pdf - leaf comparisons at bottom of the page.

    Edit> If it still has that much leaf its not too late to get the Gylphosate out.
    Looks like that's what it is so. Thankfully it's nowhere near my garden.


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    #465
    my3cents
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    I've seen big clumps of Himalayan Knotweed in a few sites including ones that have been bulldozed and relandscaped. Can't remember seen the Himalayan Knotweed surviving the experience and this would have been long before the current outcry about JK. So I suspect Hmalayan Knotweed isn't as much of a problem plant as its Japanese relative.


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    #466
    LazyClouds
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    This plant was growing in my garden for a while. I can't remember where it came from but I potted it up over the summer and it looks like it's doing well. Anyone know what it is?


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    #467
    New Home
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    Chrysanthemum.


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    LazyClouds
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    And also this? It's dying back at the moment. Last year i cut it down to the ground and it grew back up again. Can't remember where or when I got it...


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    #469
    New Home
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    Sorry, no idea on that one.


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    #470
    standardg60
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    Baptisia, always struggle to remember that one as it's not around long.


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    #471
    rje66
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    LazyClouds wrote: »
    And also this? It's dying back at the moment. Last year i cut it down to the ground and it grew back up again. Can't remember where or when I got it...

    Teucrium fruitcans??


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    #472
    LazyClouds
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    rje66 wrote: »
    Teucrium fruitcans??

    No i think Baptisia is right i just haven't seen it flower since i bought it because I've been pruning it down to the ground like an eejit... Thanks anyway though :) this thread is such a great help.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I wonder can anyone identify the exact name of this one for me.


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    #474
    looksee
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    How exact are you looking for? Its a cymbidium orchid but not sure of the cultivar, could be Red Velvet but I am guessing.


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    looksee wrote: »
    How exact are you looking for? Its a cymbidium orchid but not sure of the cultivar, could be Red Velvet but I am guessing.

    Not sure how exact. The person who bought it is the kind of person who likes to have a hidden message in everything he does. So I wanted to look up the exact flower and see if the gifting of it has a traditional double meaning or hidden narrative that I might not have known about.


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    #476
    New Home
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    These might help:

    https://www.flowermeaning.com/orchid-flower-meaning/
    https://www.teleflora.com/meaning-of-flowers/orchid
    http://plainviewpure.com/the-amazing-true-history-of-orchids-and-what-their-colors-represent/


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    #477
    looksee
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    You may or may not have broken the law in a similar way to those people who introduced the various rogue plants now out of control and infesting the countryside. However a. its a tree and b. it probably won't survive here so presumably no harm done. Hopefully. My first thought was Indian Bean Tree (catalpa), but the leaves are not right.


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    #478
    macraignil
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    Might it be a Carob tree? It looks to have dropped some leaves in your photos and the images I found online for carob tree are a bit variable so not sure to be honest. Are the beans very regular in size? I think the weight of the carob seeds is supposed to be so constant that it was used as a way to weigh out valuable goods and the name is the root of the carrot unit used for the weight of diamonds and gold nuggets. The carob is a fairly widespread tree in the Mediterranean climate that produces bean pods but there are lots of other possibilities.


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    #479
    ravendude
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    These?
    Some type of Echium or Euphorbia stygiana?

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FKutYJOhY_9tglxi0SZEUAyaTZZb67kK/view?usp=sharing

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FKutYJOhY_9tglxi0SZEUAyaTZZb67kK


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    #480
    macraignil
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    ravendude wrote: »
    These?
    Some type of Echium or Euphorbia stygiana?

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FKutYJOhY_9tglxi0SZEUAyaTZZb67kK/view?usp=sharing

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FKutYJOhY_9tglxi0SZEUAyaTZZb67kK




    Looks like Euphorbia to me.


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    #481
    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Does anyone know the name of this please https://imgur.com/a/sj30E5b


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