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Post by Tig on May 16, 2016 15:11:12 GMT
It just smells like leaves Chuckles! As my hayfever blocks my sense of smell I even took it indoors for OH to have a sniff, and it wasn't pungent. Will have to wait and see if it flowers next year, I could have a new variety  |
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Post by andy on Jun 26, 2016 16:13:57 GMT
Any ideas....6 foot tall but at first looked like a salad plant (lettuce)  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 26, 2016 16:19:21 GMT
Any ideas....6 foot tall but at first looked like a salad plant (lettuce) At first glance andy, I would say Chicory but wait for someone else... |
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Post by andy on Jun 26, 2016 16:35:09 GMT
Thank you RF, that's it.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 27, 2016 7:06:30 GMT
Would anyone know what this white flowered, tall airy plant might be? It's growing by my potatoes and raspberries at the plot.  |
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Post by Tig on Jul 27, 2016 11:29:12 GMT
Lamium album I think, leaves should be hairy on the underside.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 30, 2016 6:56:23 GMT
Tig, We'll be going to the allotment over the next few days and will get a closer look. Thanks for your reply.
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Post by maglonian on Aug 7, 2016 18:10:38 GMT
I bought this from B & M 2 years ago as a bare rooted plant. But lost the label. This is the first time it's flowered - any input gratefully received  |
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Post by andy on Aug 7, 2016 18:33:54 GMT
That, Maglonian, is a Hibiscus....a hardy shrub which can get quite big.
Hibiscus are the last plants in the garden to get their leaves and the first to lose them.
They are however, stunning.
Enjoy
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Post by maglonian on Aug 7, 2016 19:05:07 GMT
Thanks Andy
When you say quite big - you mean big ?
Is it ok to leave it in it's pot for a couple of years if I feed it etc ?
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Post by andy on Aug 8, 2016 10:48:18 GMT
Yeah that's fine....it could potentially reach 15 foot so not huge.
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 9, 2016 6:46:27 GMT
I took these pics yesterday and am hoping someone can give me some advice. A fellow plot holder gave me some small runner bean seedlings months ago. I've grown them and now they have their pods on but I don't know what variety they are but I thought maybe Borlottii and would like to dry them for winter. The guy who gave them to me has tidied up his plot a bit, lifted his potatoes and is never around when I am, someone said he has a new job and won't be around much...  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 9, 2016 6:53:11 GMT
Looks like Borlotti to me Ladygardener, - I dried them one year - it was fun!! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 9, 2016 8:50:33 GMT
Looks like Borlotti to me Ladygardener, - I dried them one year - it was fun!! Thanks Rosefriend, they look good on the plant and as there's lots of other things to be doing, it'll be good not to have to worry about them. |
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Post by maglonian on Aug 9, 2016 20:30:24 GMT
I bought this from a plant sale in a local car park for a £1. The man I bought it off was looking after the stand for his wife who had gone for food ... and like me he was clueless. Any ideas ? The flower stems feel quite prickly  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 10, 2016 11:58:19 GMT
Possibly calamagrostis purpurascens, although I have never noticed that the stems feel prickly  |
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Post by bagpuss on Aug 13, 2016 23:02:02 GMT
Has anyone any idea what this may be. I noticed it scrambling up through the nettle patch next the bonfire area at the allotment earlier today. I don't think I've seen it before and it looks vigorous, with lots of long tendrils  |
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Post by maglonian on Aug 14, 2016 7:55:28 GMT
Possibly calamagrostis purpurascens, although I have never noticed that the stems feel prickly Thanks Tig. After having another feel more coarse than prickly. Memo to self - never feel plants when having a fibro' attack  As long as it doesn't self self like a grass I had a few years ago that popped up everywhere I didn't want it, I'm happy 'cos it's pretty |
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Post by Tig on Aug 14, 2016 19:07:39 GMT
Has anyone any idea what this may be. I noticed it scrambling up through the nettle patch next the bonfire area at the allotment earlier today. I don't think I've seen it before and it looks vigorous, with lots of long tendrils I think it is white bryony (Bryonia dioica) |
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Post by maglonian on Aug 16, 2016 20:27:40 GMT
I bought this from a plant sale in a local car park for a £1. The man I bought it off was looking after the stand for his wife who had gone for food ... and like me he was clueless. Any ideas ? The flower stems feel quite prickly Mystery may be solved. A delivery driver reckons it's Uncinia rubra. As long as it doesn't seed everywhere it can be whatever it wants to be |
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Post by Tig on Apr 16, 2018 15:59:06 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 16, 2018 16:06:13 GMT
I found this growing right next to a hosta, it isn't something I've planted. Must be a weed I reckon, far too vigorous for my liking. Anyone recognise it?    could it be something from the dead nettle family? the stem looks a bit square but then it is'nt hairy. You're the one I normally look to to identify things, sorry I can't be more help. |
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Post by owdboggy on Apr 16, 2018 16:48:33 GMT
Has the look of one of the Sow thistles.
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Post by Tig on Apr 16, 2018 20:18:32 GMT
I haven't been able to find anything which looks like it so far. I know I haven't got it all out because the root end snapped when I tried to tug it. Very fleshy stem at the base, going to a square shape, then the tiny little buds.
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 17, 2018 5:45:26 GMT
This is one of those plants that you know you have seen but can't for the life of you remember where or what it could be... I am leaning towards owdboggy,s thistle though - the buds and the leaves are very similar... |
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Post by Tig on Apr 17, 2018 11:02:30 GMT
I've spent ages searching, the leaves are similar to wild hemp I thought, just can't find anything that matches it.
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Post by Tig on May 14, 2018 15:45:21 GMT
I've got another one to ID. Again this just appeared and I have potted it up in a spare pot. The leaves are quite waxy and firm, it seems to be growing well but as I hadn't seen one in the garden before I wondered if anyone has any ideas?   |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2018 16:31:24 GMT
It's not Hepatica is it Tig,?? |
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Post by Tig on May 14, 2018 18:22:50 GMT
I did wonder about that Rosefriend, I have a few round the garden and the leaves are similar in shape but not quite as waxy in texture. Also there is that little pink 'spine' at the tips of the leaf lobes, none of mine have that. Would be a lovely 'free gift' though if it was!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2018 18:28:16 GMT
I did wonder about that Rosefriend, I have a few round the garden and the leaves are similar in shape but not quite as waxy in texture. Also there is that little pink 'spine' at the tips of the leaf lobes, none of mine have that. Would be a lovely 'free gift' though if it was! As I saw the pink bit I thought of a water plant Tig,...mmmmh .. |
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