New to Gardening & Need ID help please

Hi,

Ive recently moved in to a new house with my 1st 'real' garden.
Ive no idea what the plants are and would like some help identifying please

I wasnt sure if the 1st one was a healthy plant or if there was something wrong with it :cnfs:


Not sure what this is - its very hard to the touch though


Not looking too healthy


Friend or Foe?


Sorry to bombard you all with my 1st time, but i dont want to uproot anything that i shouldnt

Thanks in advance

 

Welcome Redbubble.
Good luck with your new garden.

1. Difficult to tell if it is healthy or not without a pic of the leaves.
Also need pics of the leaves to attempt an id.
The trunk looks just fine. It has lichen growing on it.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=li...&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1242&bih=529

2. Looks like Chaenomeles. Common name Quince. (The true Quince is a different thing. ..Cydonia oblonga)
You can use the fruits to make jelly or jam.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ch...&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1242&bih=529

3. Sorry. I am stuck need a larger pic to show the whole thing. It may be a rose.

4. I have a horrid feeling this is Fallopia japonica. Common name Japanese knotweed.
Do check this link.
Has it bamboo like lower stems? Are the stems hollow? Do the leaves look zig zag down a branch?

http://grandpacliff.com/InvSp/JapKnot.htm

 

No 3 looks like a rose possibly with black spot?

 

I'd agree with Silver Surfer on number 4, Japanese Knotweed.

Dig it out & burn it before its too late :mwlwn:

 

Unfortunately, theres no leaves whatsoever on it. It looks like it was hacked down by the previous residents. Just deciding if i should dig it out and plant something else there instead.

 

Many thanks for the replies. Will have to take a trip to B&Q to see if theyve got any napalm in stock this week.....
Number 3 is definitely a rose - its got evil thorns and 1 or 2 flowers on it.

 

I'd chop the Knotweed down asap or sooner before the seeds start to disperse. You really need to get on top of it now Redbubble.

Chris

 

I would agree with what's been said so far, but you also seem to have bindweed growing through your chaenomeles and in the bottom left corner of the photo of what looks like Japanese knotweed. Might be worth getting on top of the bindweed sooner rather than later :thumb:

 

Japanese knotweed is a terrible weed. It will even grow up through tarmac and concrete.

It spreads over vast areas and costs the country millions of pounds with Local authorities trying just to keep it in check.

Even the smallest bit will regrow again.
quote.... "As little as 10 mm or 0.7 gm of rhizome can regenerate into a new plant."
However, I do not believe that in Britain it grows from seed.... yet!

I hate using chemicals. For this thug I make an exception.

Get a good Glyphosate weed killer that acts slowly, by being taken in by the leaves and down to the very roots. Once the roots are dead the plant will die. Now is the perfect time to do it.

It may come back again next year in a weakened state, just keep zapping any growth.

You will win.

Roundup is one weed killer that will get rid of it.

http://www.roundup-garden.com/

PLEASE read this link. Digging it up makes it even more vigorous.

http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/envir...ity/japanese_knotweed/control_of_knotweed.htm

Quote from link above...

"Japanese Knotweed material is regarded as ‘controlled waste’ and not disposing of it properly would be an offence under the Environmental Protection Act, 1990. Allowing the spread of Japanese Knotweed into the wild is also an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981."

 

I can see that weve really got our work cut out here!!
Made a start today and dug out some of the knotweed - before i read the bit above.
Its definitely been there a while the stemmy bits (ooh, so technical) are just over an inch in diameter. The bindweed is currently running all over the garden-except the lawn for some reason.
Not so sure my neighbours have appreciated the bonfire thats been going on today, but i'll buy them a box of choccies. I can see that the bindweed is not only in my garden but also the one behind and the 2 either side of us as well, so its going to be a constant battle for us, but I WILL WIN (Eventually).
Once again - thanks to those who've replied, its great to know youre al out there

 

According to Dai the plant, i'm really out there.:okies: