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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2013 22:29:44 GMT
Evidently I planted a stone Jasmine (I am always sticking something in a pot that I think might grow) - it was only when I was tidying up the pot yesterday that I found half of it! It has been much neglected, it will now be treated with a little more respect and hopefully I will one day have some apricots  From my further research today they don't mind cooler conditions so who knows! Wonder if any other board members have grown one from a 'stone'? |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 23, 2013 18:12:49 GMT
Does anyone have any idea what on earth this thing is please   As you can see I have quite the crop at the bottom of the pear tree   Thanks x |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2013 6:12:04 GMT
Yes, indeedy - I have it too, prodigal gardener. It's Claytonia sibirica and it has very pretty pink flowers.  Don't you like it? I've got a weird one. I found this 'growth' on my Euonymus. It's the size of a cricket ball and it's hard. I cut it off because I wasn't sure if it had been made by a critter or was natural!  |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 24, 2013 6:18:10 GMT
Ewwwwwwwwwww ! Glad I didn't find that :-)
Thanks for the info on the little weirdo I have. I don't know if I like it or not yet. I will see what the flowers are like and then decide ! x
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 24, 2013 6:20:26 GMT
Yes, indeedy - I have it too, prodigal gardener. It's Claytonia sibirica and it has very pretty pink flowers. Don't you like it? I've got a weird one. I found this 'growth' on my Euonymus. It's the size of a cricket ball and it's hard. I cut it off because I wasn't sure if it had been made by a critter or was natural! I know what this is - it is the Euonymus Crown Gall ..I found a link which isn't too good but google it Geranium and see if you can find something better. Don't think that the plant is very happy to have it!! www.donnan.com/crown_gall.htmRF |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2013 6:28:12 GMT
Oh my goodness, Rosefriend, that doesn't sound very hopeful for the poor plant does it? I'm glad I chopped it off now. Thanks for the link. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 24, 2013 6:29:22 GMT
Oh my goodness, Rosefriend, that doesn't sound very hopeful for the poor plant does it? I'm glad I chopped it off now. Thanks for the link. Well if you read down at the bottom of that link it says that even chopping it off isn't going to stop the disease unfortunately Geranium.. RF |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2013 6:36:27 GMT
Yes, I saw that, Rosefriend. All I can do is hope, now! |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 26, 2013 6:14:39 GMT
Not really a 'what is it' but rather a 'what's doing it' question. Most days lately I've found newly planted plants uprooted. No sign of any scrabbling, or other signs. I'm completely bemused. Any ideas?
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 26, 2013 6:34:26 GMT
Not triffids are they ?
I have a question. I've found lots of holes all over my garden, they are perfectly round and go down quite a long way but small - less than half a centimetre round. What's all that about does anyone know ?
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 26, 2013 7:02:45 GMT
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 26, 2013 7:33:36 GMT
Dunno do the make teeny tiny holes ? There are no molehills
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Post by Tig on Apr 26, 2013 8:30:38 GMT
Burrowing bees more likely prodigal gardener, I've got lots of them in my garden at the moment, very neat with just a little mound of fine soil around the hole. Lots of solitary bees nest in a hole in the ground. Could it be rooks, blackbirds or jackdaws lifting your plants Geranium? It is an easy way to find worms without having to do a lot of pecking. |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 26, 2013 9:08:52 GMT
Ooooo now you mention it I thought the other day there seemed to be a lot of dozy looking bees around. Bet that's it - thanks Tig x
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Post by Jilly on Apr 26, 2013 9:13:55 GMT
Dunno do the make teeny tiny holes ? Perhaps they're teeny tiny moles  . Like Tig I think it is burrowing bees prodigal gardener. I'm sure your problem is birds Geranium, I've seen them do it in my garden, especially small plug plants that they can easily lift in one go. At least Henry wouldn't let any cats into you garden. I've had to have a strict word with Mabel from next door... if I have to replant my Emily McKenzie & Lucifer corms one more time  |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 27, 2013 5:53:28 GMT
Bloomin' giant birds, then, Jilly - the plants have all been quite large! Maybe a vulture or an eagle?  |
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Post by Geranium on May 11, 2013 18:11:03 GMT
PLEASE does anyone recognise this plant? Is it a weed or something to cherish?  Another one - I really, really hope this is my Codonopsis coming up - do you think it is?  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 12, 2013 5:56:49 GMT
Not sure on the second one Geranium but the first one is screaming at me and I cannot for the life of me remember ... sorry - maybe it will come back to me...don't count on it these days though!! Just a sec - what it does remind me of is my Giant Gypsophila but the leaves are too small.. RF |
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Post by Geranium on May 12, 2013 6:00:24 GMT
It can't be Gypsophila, Rosefriend - I haven't got any. Thanks for trying! |
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Post by Tig on May 12, 2013 9:50:36 GMT
First one looks like some kind of lamium Not sure on the 'codonopsis' - is yours an alpina? The foliage looks a bit tightly packed to me. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 12, 2013 9:59:49 GMT
First one looks like some kind of lamium Not sure on the 'codonopsis' - is yours an alpina? The foliage looks a bit tightly packed to me. That's what its reminding me of Geranium - Lamium....got it in the garden. RF |
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Post by Geranium on May 12, 2013 18:21:57 GMT
It isn't a Lamium, I'm afraid...I have plenty of those around, including my thuggish one - L. galeobdolon. The Codonopsis was a C. cardiophylla, Tig. |
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Post by Tig on May 12, 2013 22:35:46 GMT
Found this image of some C Cardiophylla seedlings Geranium Not sure that it resembles yours though Although I did find another one, which was very similar, so I reckon it is If the other piccie isn't a variety of wild lamium (usually square stemmed), I would just mark it and let it grow to see what develops, then oink it out when it turns out to be a washed in weed |
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Post by Geranium on May 13, 2013 6:08:58 GMT
Strange, isn't it, Tig, but I can see a little 'fuzz' on some of the leaves in your piccies (thanks for posting them) and I really hope it is my Codonopsis. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know. The other one I suspect is a weed - but it can stay for a while. You never know, do you? |
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Post by prodigal gardener on May 27, 2013 18:51:20 GMT
Is this a weed I have loads of it popping up all over the place. I quite like it, but I don't want a whole garden full of it !  I thought it looked quite geranium like - I live in hope ! |
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Post by Jasmine on May 27, 2013 19:04:00 GMT
It is a 'weed' PG - we have a lot of it - it pulls up quite easily.
It's a pretty weed though! I forget it's name...
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Post by Jasmine on May 27, 2013 19:06:14 GMT
Herb Robert
'A lovely, little pink flower that is a member of the geranium family.' Someone else's words - not mine!
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Post by Geranium on May 28, 2013 5:09:31 GMT
Oooh - get rid of it, prodigal gardener. It spreads really fast. Thank goodness you can pull them up really easily. By the way, my 'Codonopsis' has a bud on it, so I'm pretty sure that's what it is - and delighted, too.  |
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Post by prodigal gardener on May 28, 2013 9:52:43 GMT
Ha ha. I noticed it spreads. It all over the paving too - oh well could be worse, could be bindweed !! Glad you have so ed your mystery x
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Post by Geranium on Jun 9, 2013 6:15:01 GMT
Please does anyone know what this is? An elderly garden owner would be delighted to have a name.  |
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From my further research today they don't mind cooler conditions so who knows! Wonder if any other board members have grown one from a 'stone'?
Don't you like it?
