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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

  • 06-04-2019 3:39pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Excuse my presumption starting this (is there another one lurking somewhere?) but I think we need a stickied thread for this sort of thing. Can a mod do the necessary?

    Can someone confirm these are Arum italicum

    2SWHn.jpg

    and Ribwort plantain (plantago lanceolata)

    2SWHo.jpg


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Excuse my presumption starting this (is there another one lurking somewhere?) but I think we need a stickied thread for this sort of thing. Can a mod do the necessary?

    Can someone confirm these are Arum italicum

    2SWHn.jpg

    and Ribwort plantain (plantago lanceolata)

    2SWHo.jpg


    I think the arum does look like the other pictures I see on google but not really familiar with the plant myself so maybe not the best to confirm the identity. The second photo to me looks more like a young willowherb plant.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I'd agree on the Arum Italicum. Not sure about the second plant, but it's definitely not plantago - I'd go with willowherb, too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I'll let them flourish and see what the flowers look like.


  • Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭finla


    Second one is definitely willowherb.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,709 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Can someone tell me what type of tree this is from the picture of the buds opening please ?


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The flowers on those long stems remind me of cherries, but the shape of the leaves seems like that of an apple tree. The colour isn't right for either, so I'm going to guess some sort of decorative crab apple.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,709 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Thanks New Home .
    I haven't a clue about plants or trees , this one is in the garden for as long as I can remember . Pretty flowering buds though :)


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Mine is an (un)educated guess, the real experts will come along soon. :)

    Gorgeous tree, though. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,107 ✭✭✭standardg60


    You're spot on New Home


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Woo-hoo!!! :D \o/

    What do I win? :pac:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 21,709 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    New Home wrote: »
    Woo-hoo!!! :D \o/

    What do I win? :pac:

    A crab apple ?
    :D


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Woo-hoo!! \o/ Free seeds for a new plant!! :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,709 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    New Home wrote: »
    Woo-hoo!! \o/ Free seeds for a new plant!! :)

    Anytime NH :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    anyone ID the tree that this leaf comes from....

    leaf.jpg


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Whitebeam, I think.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,107 ✭✭✭standardg60


    New Home is on a roll here, keep em coming :-)


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    \o/

    Now I know how Srameen feels in the Quiz thread. :D:D:D


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,635 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Thread now added to the sticky list


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Roen


    Anyone know what this blighter is?

    Remains of flowers in the last shot.
    Guessing crab apple but never once seen an actual bit of fruit. Height is approx 12-14ft.
    Leaves seem shiny and waxy now as they are so new but later on in the year they'll lose that and seem more like a normal leaf.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,107 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Not an apple but an ornamental pear tree


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Roen


    Not an apple but an ornamental pear tree

    Super. Cheers. Had us puzzled for the past three years or so.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Hi,
    Just posted a video clip of this wildflower in my garden and was wondering if anybody could identify what it is. I was clearing space when planting some haw thorn plants left over from a hedge planting elsewhere as there was a stretch of that hedge with nothing growing. I only realised one of the plants I was clearing had a nice flower when I had some pulled up already so put a few of them in a shady spot in a pot and they survived and I since planted them in the garden. Any information on what it is would be much appreciated.
    All the best.
    Rob


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,107 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Some form of stitchwort would be my best guess


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Some form of stitchwort would be my best guess


    Looks just like some of the photos of that alright.
    Thanks!


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    Can anyone identify these sea side plants:
    3aj0xuP.png
    Flower is from the repotted plant.

    b07hwDw.png

    Can't seem to find them online. I've replanted in a sand and soil mixture but wondering if they will survive in pots or if there's any other care I need to do.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭macraignil


    Effects wrote: »
    Can anyone identify these sea side plants:
    3aj0xuP.png
    Flower is from the repotted plant.

    b07hwDw.png

    Can't seem to find them online. I've replanted in a sand and soil mixture but wondering if they will survive in pots or if there's any other care I need to do.


    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.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The second one looks a bit like elycrysum (sp.?).


  • Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭OwlEye


    The second looks like Thrift, Armeria maritima.


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    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.

    That sounds like it alright. Interesting that it has yellow flowers that turn pink. I thought it was just two different varieties of the plant.
    It seems to thrive around Howth head despite all the rain we get!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 27,904 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Is Hottentot fig the same as mesembryanthemum?


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