New garden... what plants?

Hello all,

Hoping you can help me. My fiance and I bought our first house in January, and I've been itching to get into the garden for a while. We've been doing odd jobs here and there but there are a few plants I can't identify - over to you! (PS - any advice on care for these is also much appreciated)

This is wonderfully fragrant, but what is it?


I'm loath to pull anything up in the garden yet as I don't know what it all looks like - any ideas on this one, as I thought it was dead originally but there is life at the base.


And last but not least,

Some signs of life at the base again.

So yes, if you can help identify them and offer any advice on care going forwards, it would be much appreciated. In the case of the latter 2 pictures I my first thoughts were to cut what I assume was last years growth off but wanted to double check in case that's a bad thing to do...

Thanks!

 

. Welcome to the forums Tsauru.

1. Looks like Daphne mezereum.

No need to do anything to it.
Just enjoy the incredible scent!

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2. ?
Need to see a pic when it has leaves/or flowers.

3. Looks like a Japanese Anemone.

 

You're right not to pull anything up yet. I presume the wire was already around the second plant in which case there is something there that either dies back completely in the winter and the previous owners didn't want to forget it was there or it's something which will need support. Nice surprises on their way then!

You could clear the dead leaves from next to plant no two. Looks as though you have new shoots coming and that it will be Crocosmia or something similar. The leaves should come away quite easily now but if not leave them a bit longer as it's quite likely that if you pull too hard you'll be pulling up the base of the fresh growth-quite likely to find small corms.

Looks as though you may have Agapanthus growing next to plant no 3 (tall dead stems have multi heads). If so you will be seeing some sign of new green at the base soon.

Don't forget to post pics when everything is in full bloom.

 

Thanks Silver Surfer/Westwales, it is very much a case of wait and see in the garden at present - for example there's a rhododendron just coming into bud near these pictures, but I don't know what colour yet - all good fun!

Will post some more pictures when they grow, bud or flower.

 

A few more for you to scratch heads over...

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5. This one is a close up of the plant in picture 3 in my original post - this is the growth currently at the base. the stalks are resistant to being pulled out so I've left them be.


Many thanks!

 

5. Looks to me as though you can forget the green leaves, it's the pink shoots which will be the new tall stems, looks like Peony. I recognise the green leaves but can't remember what it is - looks a bit like a wild Violet.

Sorry, the others are not detailed enough yet but they are all worth keeping and from the growth habit would be easy to cut back if you think they're getting out of hand.

 

1. Cotoneaster horizontalis
2. Hibiscus
3. Weigelia (possibly)
4. Berberis ....is it prickly?
5.Paeony

 

to GC @Tsauru and congratulations on your new home

Completely understand your urge to get going in the garden (I moved here back in August) and your desire for ID's on certain plants
I'm rubbish at ID's but, fortunately, you are being given the best advice from our knowledgeable members.
Try not to do too, too much with the garden this year - I'm sure it has many surprises yet to unfold as the seasons meander through their cycles.

 

I agree with the identifications above. All, except perhaps the weigelia. If you can hold off the temptation to rip stuff, up some of them might be pleasant surprises. (I speak as someone who pulled up and chucked a load of manky leaves in the green bin, only to find out I'd inherited and thrown a collection of auricula primroses.)

 

I think 2 could be a dwarf lilac. You'll only need to wait two or three more weeks and you'll see the leaves properly on all of these. Can you get any closer photos? I've tried to enlarge to get a better look but no luck.

Wondering whether 3 is a Spirea?