I need a couple of id's & advice please. xx

I've been tidying up a couple of borders yesterday, and can't find the labels for 3 plants. Does anyone know what they are?

1/


2/ This stays evergreen through the winter, but for the life of me, I can't remember its name, or find the label. Would it benefit a slight prune of the spent flowers, or would it be better to leave the pruning until springtime?



3/ I intend to move this into one of the borders I've been working on as I feel it's getting a little pot bound in the planter it is housed in.


Any ideas?
xx

 

1 could be centaurea Montana.
2 is cistus, prune after flowering.
3- hebe, can also be pruned after flowering.

 

1.
2. Cistus.
3. Hebe.

 

No idea on the first one.

2: Cistus (also known as sun rose or rock rose)
This shrub really doesn't need pruning.
If you were desperate to give it a light "trim" then do be careful not to cut into the old wood.

3: Hebe can be moved into the border quite happily; just give it a good water when you put it in.

 

Agree with 2 and 3. Could 1 be Lychnis?, the bits look similar to self seeded Lychnis I get around the garden. Mind you if the Encyclopaedia of all plants called Silver surfer doesn't know I doubt my suggestion is correct!

 

To be honest @silu, I was thinking the same as you, Lychnis Coronaria. We've got loads of it from one small Poundland plant last year.

The leaves look like they've got the little silvery hairs like a Lychnis, whereas Centauria are green.

 

Thank you all for your responses. Now you've mentioned Cistus & Hebe, they rang a bell with me, so massive thanks there.
No1, may well be Lychnis. I did have some in one of my other borders, but it hasn't shown for the last year or two. So it could have fancied a change and moved rooms, lol..

Thanks again all. xx

 

Hi Joolz,

Lychnis is a short lived perennial, probably lasting about three years, but, it does self seed a lot therefore it's possible it has come up in another part of your garden.

 

1.....Possibly Calendula?
2.....Cistus 'Sunset'
3.....Hebe

 

I think I've worked out what No1 is. I have a feeling it's Stachys (Lambs Ears) The leaves are very soft, almost velvet to the touch, it has been in the garden in another area. It was hiding underneath the Cistus, so was getting no light, so it had a relocation.

 

It totally resembles that variety Sheal, thank you. xx

 

Definitely @Joolz, I have it growing in my garden too.

 

Do you trim/tidy yours up @Sheal ?

 

Now and again Joolz. Its mostly left to do it's own thing but I trim it back when it starts to cover other plants.

 

Thanks @Sheal It's getting a little close to the ceanothus next to it, so may take out the close stems.