Plant & Weed ID Megathread

Reckless Abandonment · 06-09-2020 3:01pm

I wouldn't be using weed killer on new lawn. Just keep it cut for this year and see how its looking next spring

Wyldwood · 06-09-2020 7:18pm

They look a bit like Bluebell bulbs. They're lovely in flower but can become a nuisance as they spread.

looksee · 06-09-2020 8:13pm

Bluebell bulbs was my thought, but they are just too long and irregular. I have seen them before though and it will annoy me till I figure it out.

Harry Palmr · 06-09-2020 11:05pm

Wyldwood wrote: »

They look a bit like Bluebell bulbs. They're lovely in flower but can become a nuisance as they spread.

Cheers, I'll pot them up and see what happens. I got them from a client last Autumn (she couldn't recall what they were) and I threw them in the ground at the top of the garden where they were promptly forgotten about and I never really noticed if they did anything before clearing the site more recently. I really must start to pay attention to this sort of thing and make a map of what's planted where.

standardg60 · 07-09-2020 11:22am

Surely that's an orchid of some description?

standardg60 · 07-09-2020 11:23am

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Thanks macragnil, it doesn’t smell like mint, but I have a feeling that that’s what it is. The thought of using weed killer goes against all my beliefs, but I’ve watching this plant all summer and it really smothers everything around it and it seems to be popping up everywhere now. I’d hate to be responsible for releasing something that smothers native plants around it!

I’ve just been out pulling it out, the roots are shallow so I’m hoping a good weeding should just control it. It seems to be very happy in my nettle patch so I’m going to be stung head to toe :rolleyes:

Sorry I'm talking about this one

amadangomor · 07-09-2020 11:29am

Live at Three wrote: »

Thanks. My 'Picture This' plant ID app suggested Kiwi but I wasn't sure. Might be worth looking after it, if not for fruit maybe for decoration.

Definitely looks like Kiwi (used to grow them from seed when I was a kid).

Train it to grow on a Trellis if possible. I never got flowers on them. Maybe you will have better luck.

You will need at least one male plant with any female plants to get fruit.

SnowyMuckish · 07-09-2020 8:45pm

standardg60 wrote: »

Surely that's an orchid of some description?

Funny, I questioned that too until blaris mentioned woundwort. A quick Google and got this

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=323&wildflower=Woundwort,%20Hedge

Love this website!

standardg60 · 07-09-2020 8:59pm

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Funny, I questioned that too until blaris mentioned woundwort. A quick Google and got this

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=323&wildflower=Woundwort,%20Hedge

Love this website!

Ah i missed his post!
Blaris is a genius on the wild stuff.

NIMAN · 12-09-2020 7:47pm

This fella is growing under some trees in my garden, anyone able to tell me what it is?

First year I've seen it

https://flic.kr/p/2jFTGAX

New Home · 12-09-2020 7:55pm

Lords-and-Ladies/ Jack-in-the-pulpit/ Arum

SnowyMuckish · 12-09-2020 8:06pm

New Home wrote: »

Lords-and-Ladies/ Jack-in-the-pulpit/ Arum

Didn’t get this at first...😂

Speedsie · 12-09-2020 8:18pm

New Home wrote: »

Lords-and-Ladies/ Jack-in-the-pulpit/ Arum

Also known as Cuckoo Pint

https://flic.kr/p/2jFTGAX

corks finest · 14-09-2020 12:14pm

macraignil wrote: »

I think it's a type of hottentot fig which is from South Africa so would probably need plenty of light and not much water.

Growing wild above Myrtleville beach

bluestone · 20-09-2020 8:11am

Can anyone ID this plant?

yogibear77 · 20-09-2020 3:34pm

Can anyone tell what shrub this is and also can I prune it?

Thanks

wildwillow · 20-09-2020 5:14pm

Osmanthus Fortunei maybe. Can be pruned.

20-09-2020 5:22pm

bluestone wrote: »

Can anyone ID this plant?

I'm not sure. It looks like Burdock, but leaves are a bit congested for that.

rje66 · 22-09-2020 8:14pm

yogibear77 wrote: »

Can anyone tell what shrub this is and also can I prune it?

Thanks

Looks like parahebe.

yogibear77 · 22-09-2020 9:11pm

rje66 wrote: »

Looks like parahebe.

That's it, thanks so much

unknownlegend · 22-09-2020 10:54pm

Hi folks

Can someone help me identify the purple flowering plant in the attached? With the sort of quad-type green leaves. Probably common enough, I took this picture in co. Clare?

Thanks

macraignil · 22-09-2020 10:57pm

unknownlegend wrote: »

Hi folks

Can someone help me identify the purple flowering plant in the attached? With the sort of quad-type green leaves. Probably common enough, I took this picture in co. Clare?

Thanks

Is it a hebe?

unknownlegend · 22-09-2020 11:11pm

macraignil wrote: »

Is it a hebe?

Very similar based on a quick image search. I shall do some more research. Thank you very much

standardg60 · 23-09-2020 1:41pm

unknownlegend wrote: »

Very similar based on a quick image search. I shall do some more research. Thank you very much

It's definitely a hebe

Harry Palmr · 25-09-2020 11:58pm

It's pretty distinct.

macraignil · 26-09-2020 12:26am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

It's pretty distinct.

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Is it a Photinia red robin?

thejaguar · 28-09-2020 8:57am

Hi, could anyone identify this tree - and if it looks healthy or not? It doesn't look like it did much growing over the summer months.

New Home · 28-09-2020 9:34am

The peeling trunk makes me think of a birch, but the leaves, even taking into account the state they're in, don't. It could be diseased, but it could also simply have been scorched by the weather. As for the growth, a lot of trees don't shoot up that quickly at all.

thejaguar · 28-09-2020 10:18am

I was thinking possibly a paperbark maple - the trunk seems to look like that.

looksee · 28-09-2020 11:16am

thejaguar wrote: »

I was thinking possibly a paperbark maple - the trunk seems to look like that.

The leaf would be a better match, though I agree the peeling bark is reminiscent of birch, possibly because it is a younger tree and has smaller branches.

bored_newbie · 28-09-2020 12:00pm

Any ideas?

macraignil · 28-09-2020 1:01pm

bored_newbie wrote: »

Any ideas?

Is it a type of spindle(Euonymus species)?

wildwillow · 28-09-2020 1:49pm

Yea I think you're correct Possibly euonymus hamiltonianus. Hardy and attractive for birds.
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28-09-2020 4:17pm

thejaguar wrote: »

I was thinking possibly a paperbark maple - the trunk seems to look like that.

Yes, it's a Paper Bark Maple. I think it's fine; probably taking its time to get into its stride. They are really gorgeous trees when they mature.

rje66 · 03-10-2020 10:29pm

thejaguar wrote: »

Hi, could anyone identify this tree - and if it looks healthy or not? It doesn't look like it did much growing over the summer months.

Definitely a cherry of some sort

standardg60 · 11-10-2020 11:16pm

rje66 wrote: »

Definitely a cherry of some sort

No, it's a paper bark maple as already identified.

Holy Diver · 24-10-2020 12:09pm

Can someone tell me what this is? Growing wild in nearby laneway. Berries look v like blueberries

New Home · 24-10-2020 12:13pm

Bilberry, by the looks of it. But the berries should be way smaller than a blueberry. Crush a berry, if it smells like blueberry but more intense and it has red/blue juice, I'd be more confident.

New Home · 24-10-2020 12:14pm

Actually, no, it's not. I've just opened the last two pictures.

Reckless Abandonment · 24-10-2020 12:24pm

Could be Box leaf honeysuckle . And bind weed:)

SmartinMartin · 24-10-2020 12:29pm

Is it not a sloe?

Anyway, id for this plant please. There's a few of them on our laneway.

TAZ32 · 24-10-2020 12:33pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Is it not a sloe?

Anyway, id for this plant please. There's a few of them on our laneway.

Possibly Viburnum opulus

LaChatteGitane · 24-10-2020 12:36pm

Holy Diver wrote: »

Can someone tell me what this is? Growing wild in nearby laneway. Berries look v like blueberries

Sloe

looksee · 24-10-2020 1:59pm

The blue fruit are sloes (the first pic has additional leaves that are confusing the identification a bit), the red fruit are Guelder Rose / Viburnum Opulus, as TAZ32 has said, lovely hedgerow shrub.

24-10-2020 2:06pm

Holy Diver wrote: »

Can someone tell me what this is? Growing wild in nearby laneway. Berries look v like blueberries

Looks like you took a nibble too.
Astringent is the word for the effect the have, that drying out of your mouth.

corks finest · 24-10-2020 2:23pm

New Home wrote: »

Bilberry, by the looks of it. But the berries should be way smaller than a blueberry. Crush a berry, if it smells like blueberry but more intense and it has red/blue juice, I'd be more confident.

Sloe?

macraignil · 24-10-2020 2:25pm

looksee wrote: »

The blue fruit are sloes (the first pic has additional leaves that are confusing the identification a bit), the red fruit are Guelder Rose / Viburnum Opulus, as TAZ32 has said, lovely hedgerow shrub.

I think reckless abandon got the ID right there with the additional bind weed leaves in the first pic.

wildwillow · 24-10-2020 2:30pm

Sloe Time to make some sloe gin!!

NcdJd · 17-11-2020 2:43pm

Hi, was wondering would anyone know the name of the shrub in the attached ?

Bixy · 17-11-2020 2:55pm

Euonymus, possibly fortunei , good as coastal hedge

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