A couple more unidentified plants!

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  1. BrandNewGardener

    BrandNewGardener Apprentice Gardener

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    Thanks for your help with these. I'm slowly getting there. :) These are still baffling me:

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    This one someone on here very kindly identified as a Hebe but does anyone know what type please? ID DSC_0032.jpg It's huge (about 8 foot tall) and very bushy. I've been looking everywhere online to try to find out a bit more about it and am really struggling! Thank you. :)
     
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    The first one is aubretia - a much under-rated ground/wall cover plant, in my humble opinion.

    Second two are hardy geraniums -they will probably have pink/purple flowers in the next 4-6 weeks, at which point, we might be able to narrow down the identification...

    No idea about the hebe!!
     
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      Yeah 3 looks exactly like my wargrave pink
       
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        The hebe might be H. Salicifolia, which has large, long leaflets like those. It has white flowers which bees love, and can be pruned reasonably hard. But then again, it might be something else....
         
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          Thank you, that's really helpful. Apparently the geraniums have never flowered so I'm not surprised none of the neighbours knew what they were! Their best guess was a strawberry plant.
          I'm not really surprised, the geraniums have been entirely left to their own devices in a completely shaded spot for years. What are my chances of successfully digging them up and moving them?

          Looking at the photos on Google I think Salicifolia looks right, thank you!

          I do really like the Aubretia. It's a completely barren gravelled driveway except for that delightful splash of colour. Again, they've been very much neglected so I'll have to read up on how to best give them some tlc.
           
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