ID of Plants

Last post 18-04-2012 7:36 AM by magik58. 11 replies.

• 15/04/2012 03:05 PM

  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7

  Reply | Contact Hi Everyone I am new to this forum and wondered if any could identify the plants below which are in my new garden. Thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/7079598171/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/6933518518/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/7079583391/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/6933505368/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/6933491220/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/7079544589/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/7079470569/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/magik58/7079466201/in/photostream

• 16/04/2012 09:02 AM	In reply to
  Julie Location: London Joined on: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 410	Reply | Contact 0001 is ground elder, a weed 0004 is bergenia 0005 hellebore 0006 some kind of mint? I'm not sure about the others

• 16/04/2012 09:12 AM	In reply to
  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Hi Julie Thanks very much for quick reply. The ground elder covers a big area what is the best way to get rid of it, should i just pull it up. Thanks

• 16/04/2012 09:29 PM	In reply to
  Nigel Location: Paignton Joined on: 27 May 2008 Posts: 189	Reply | Contact  Hello 2 looks like another hellebore to me. 3 Erythonium "Pagoda"  http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Wisley/About-Wisley/Plant-of-the-month/April/Erythronium--Pagoda- 6 looks like lemon balm, do the leaves have a lemony smell when crushed? 7 could be Choisya ternata Nigel

• 16/04/2012 11:19 PM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,395

  Reply | Contact Welcome to the forums  magik58. 1. Aegopodium podagraria. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Aegopodium+podagraria.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=EZuMT5enFajQ0QWk79TJCQ&biw=1167&bih=562&sei=G5uMT6qDLKOy0QXuhtnNCQ 2. Helleborus x hybridus . The flowers have finished. The lumpy bits in the centre of the petals are the developing seed pods. 3. Erythronium sp. Looks very like Erythronium Pagoda. 4.  Begenia sp or named cultivar. 5. Helleborus x hybridus.  The flowers have finished. The lumpy bits in the centre of the petals are the developing seed pods. 6.? 7. Daphne laureola.  Definitely not Choisya. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&biw=1167&bih=562&tbm=isch&tbnid=5LwRH3AKyBxMtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.floralimages.co.uk/page.php%3Ftaxon%3Ddaphne_laureola,4&docid=rxD-3yikyKqwwM&itg=1&imgurl=http://www.floralimages.co.uk/images2/daphne_laureola_f29.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=c5yMT4zjKunF0QXJ3ZHWCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=494&vpy=219&dur=1513&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=148&ty=133&sig=116959004588595198529&page=3&tbnh=164&tbnw=227&start=36&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:36,i:191 . http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums/bot-units26/daphne-laureola73046.jpg 8. Paeonia.

• 17/04/2012 05:32 AM

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  Julie Location: London Joined on: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 410

  Reply | Contact Ground elder you have to dig up removing as much of the roots as possible. It will regrow from any pieces of roots left behind. You'll probably have to keep doing that for a few years as you'll see sprouts of it appearing. For the last few years I've been doing that (also had it covering an area of the garden). I thought I might have cracked it last summer but I had to remove a few plants last week.

• 17/04/2012 10:19 AM	In reply to
  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Hi Nigel You are right the leaves do smell of lemon when crushed. thanks for your replies.

• 17/04/2012 10:23 AM	In reply to
  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Hi Silver surfer Thanks for the replies and the links Aegopodium podagaria is this a ground covering plant worth keeping or is it like Julie suggests a weed. Thanks

• 17/04/2012 11:45 AM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,395

  Reply | Contact Apologies.  I did not mean to confuse you or disagree with Julie's post..  Aegopodium podagraria is the latin name for ground elder! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegopodium_podagraria It is a cute  low growing plant.   However the major problem is that it is a thug, an extremely  invasive weed that is pretty difficult to remove/ exterminate! I hate using weed killer/ chemicals. but I might be tempted for ground elder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_(herbicide) Hope this helps.

• 17/04/2012 08:05 PM	In reply to
  jon jon Location: stratford on avon Joined on: 18 Sep 2009 Posts: 284	Reply | Contact no 6 may be lemon balm

• 18/04/2012 07:34 AM	In reply to
  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Hi Thanks for the clarity, i will do as Julie suggests initially and start digging and see how it goes.

• 18/04/2012 07:36 AM	In reply to
  magik58 Location: teesside Joined on: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Thanks jon jon I think your right i thought it was mint initially but was confused by the lemon smell.