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Post by Chuckles on Jun 8, 2014 20:27:54 GMT
Is anyone able to help with half an ID please?  Not the left hand plant - that's my rescued Lavender Little Lady looking much better for a good drink. Every nook and cranny in Heathfield is covered in the grass on the right. I am hoping I'm right and it's a form of Briza that's self-seeded all over the place. It's interesting as I then read that it doesn't like root disturbance and I just pulled a few clumps out of very dry ground! Is there a way of knowing if it is Briza Maxima or Briza Media? I love the way the seed heads bob in the breeze! If anyone wants some seed in a bit let me know! Looks familiar Jasmine but not a clue on what it is, sorry  |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 9, 2014 5:42:08 GMT
Briza maxima, Jasmine. I have it growing along the path edge. Once you've got it, you've got it!  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 9, 2014 13:46:04 GMT
Thank you Geranium - do you happen to know what the difference between Briza Media and Briza Maxima is? |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 9, 2014 13:51:54 GMT
Maxima probably means it spreads to the maximum Jas. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 9, 2014 14:43:41 GMT
I guess one is bigger than the other but if you've only got 1 it's hard to tell what you've got!
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Post by Geranium on Jun 10, 2014 4:17:50 GMT
The seed heads on B. maxima are bigger than B. media, Jasmine, and it's an annual, while B. media is a perennial. I suppose you'd see the difference more clearly if the two plants were growing side by side. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 10, 2014 18:54:32 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Jun 11, 2014 5:03:13 GMT
You're welcome, Jasmine - it'll be interesting for me to find out if two clumps of B. maxima that I dug up for friends last year 'took', and seeded themselves... I must ask them. |
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Post by Tig on Jun 18, 2014 15:21:22 GMT
On 22nd April this year I asked if anyone could identify a rogue seedling that had grown with my cosmos. RF suggested it looked a bit 'nettle'ish but not the stinging variety. I think she was right as it has just flowered. It only has two at a time though, but deffo looks like some kind of lamium!  |
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 18, 2014 16:43:52 GMT
It has the look of Nepeta subsessilis to me.
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Post by Tig on Jun 18, 2014 23:37:07 GMT
It was this google image of lamium purpureum flowers (although mine has pure green leaves) that made me think it was the same species owdboggy |
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 19, 2014 9:50:26 GMT
I admit that I find them all very hard to tell apart.
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 4, 2014 5:40:02 GMT
Help, I've lost the label and we want another one...could this be a Molinia grass variety - just started flowering, will get to 2metres?? Sorry, pics aren't too brilliant...   Thanks RF |
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Post by applepips on Aug 4, 2014 13:33:18 GMT
Is it hydrangea?
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Post by Tig on Aug 4, 2014 17:54:08 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 4, 2014 18:01:52 GMT
That's it Tig - thanks a lot - I thought I could remember that it was a Molinia but when I googled I couldn't find anything...need new specs methinks!! RF |
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Post by Tig on Aug 4, 2014 18:31:19 GMT
I think it's been around for a while RF - it was on the RHS website as Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Fontäne'
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 4, 2014 18:35:22 GMT
I think it's been around for a while RF - it was on the RHS website as Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Fontäne' Aahh - that's makes sense to me now - I found a label with "linia arundin" on it - the rest was torn off!! A wonderful grass and the "sister" that I bought today "Heidebraut" is a little beauty - just right for the tub that I have...the "Fontaene" would have been too big I think... RF |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 8, 2014 12:33:10 GMT
Got another one that has just popped up in the middle of a rose actually..is this some kind of Oenothera perhaps..??  RF |
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Post by Tig on Aug 8, 2014 15:52:00 GMT
Deffo looks like evening primrose to me RF.
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 8, 2014 18:35:58 GMT
Deffo looks like evening primrose to me RF. Thanks Tig - no idea how it got there but it is nice.. RF |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 11, 2014 11:19:40 GMT
In 2012 I spotted what I thought was a clump of Toad Lily growing in a friends garden, she had no clue what it was (not a gardener) but I begged a clump Photos not brilliant as taken really quickly on tablet camera This was how it looked when I saw it  I've paid attention this year and it has flowered, Mmmmm what is it   |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 12, 2014 8:17:29 GMT
Looks like Saponaria officinalis to me Chuckles ! |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 13, 2014 5:57:43 GMT
Thanks, good to know what I'm dealing with  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 3, 2014 9:53:49 GMT
This is the blue grass that I bought the other day without a label - anyone know what it is called please??  RF |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 5, 2014 13:14:06 GMT
Anyone got an idea please - owdboggy perhaps..?? RF |
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Post by owdboggy on Sept 5, 2014 13:18:09 GMT
Not well up on grasses. Leaves are a bit broad for any of the Festuca tribe.
Leymus condensatus is a possibility. Or Leymus arenarius. they are both broader leafed blue grasses.
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 5, 2014 13:49:58 GMT
Not well up on grasses. Leaves are a bit broad for any of the Festuca tribe. Leymus condensatus is a possibility. Or Leymus arenarius. they are both broader leafed blue grasses. Yes thanks OB, they look similar - I was looking at the Festuca and saw none that had broader leaves... If it is the arenarius then I shall have to leave it in a tub as it wanders around - the condensastus does as well a bit...mmmhhh - plus I am not sure about being hardy for us. It's a nice colour though.. RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 8, 2014 7:55:58 GMT
I'm guessing these are little bulbils and could at some stage be detached and planted to grow one day in a few years time into lilies?   |
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Post by owdboggy on Oct 8, 2014 11:21:55 GMT
Yes, treat them like seeds ,sow now and they start growing in Spring. Take about 3 years to reach flowering size.
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