Identification Area

Thank you!Julie, thank you so much :-) Now that I know what it is (I've looked it up and it is 100% sure it's thrips). I've sprayed them with garlic water to start with and will be heading out to find something else to spray on them this afternoon. Thanks again :-)

i have several clumps of lucifer stunning plant love it and very in your face

Thanks pete and diatheplant cheked it out and google and would say you are both right , I va e been a gardener for 40 years but first time Ive seen this oneThanks agian

You have something floating about, could it be Spirodela polyrhiza (the big duckweed in English?)The others are indeed Menyanthes trifoliata and some Nymphaea.

From the middle post with flowers, the first succulent with thick leaves is a Seedum of some sort, but as there are loads of variates that look like that, so your unlikely to get any good ID on that until if flowers.The last one from the middle post, the one with the red leaves could be...

Thanks Marley i thought it might be as well but got confused by looking it up in an old book. Must have had another name or somthing completley different, it was long ago and i am getting old lol

Yes Spruce, it is still owned by the Armstrongs (since 1979). I only remember the staff accommodation on Tower road, which goes up from the roundabout by the Red Lion. They were sold about 8-9 years ago. When did you work at the Headland?

HiNot that experienced but why is ash considered good for the bin? Is it like a weed?

Yes I agree, I think it is probably Epilobium monta'num or better known as the Broadleaved Willow-herb.. It gets to about 18-24" high.. It spreads by suckers & runners underground once established.. I think they are pretty & let mine flower then as soon as they have flowered I pill them up..!!...

Next year, cut the stems down to ground level late February / early March.

Nice One JWK. Ah, well whatever the explanation, it's one of the joys of gardening isn't it, when nature throws in these little surprises every now and then.

AKA Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppy):So be careful about making Arum root rolls/bagels topped with poppy seeds.

Everything the others have said BUT if the elderberry is in the patio you had better get rid of it quickly. Elderberry is nice if it's in the right place. The common elderberry you have there can grow to a height of 15 - 20ft and is a rapid grower. If you prune it can branch out similar to...

Hi about 30 feet high , I grew it at my old house I got from Woolworths I think £3.99 the old guy next door would tell me everyyear the birds have eaten most of them !!!! little did he know I netted all the lower branches , as if I could net a 30 foot tree !!With Cherry you prune in the...

I totally agree with Silver Surfer, Prunus serotina, Kedi..

Hi Victoria. I have just come back from a few days away and am catching up. I spoke to the gardeners at Temple Newsam, who hold National Collections for quite a lot of plants. They have a fabulous collection of these climbing Geraniums, but I seem to remember them telling me that they weren't...

Thanks I knew someone would know..... :DOH: Funny how you can go through life totally oblivious of such beauty.. Yes it does grow near a brick wall in a very sunny sheltered spot.. I am so glad you said about the hairs on it, although I don't think there is any intention to do anything to...

As Silver Surfer says, C. montana a.k.a. Perennial cornflower...as I think I said at the time? I love these plants, but they do tend to spread about a lot if you let them seed.

Hi Triffid, they look like Primroses to me.. Yes they are dying back now but they are a perennial so will be back next year.. They do look a rather cramped clump.. I would defo dig them up & split them off into smaller plants & plant elsewhere in your garden for next year.. You will need to...

Thanks for your help with this