Lots to ID after I have investigated the garden!

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  1. OnTheHut

    OnTheHut Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi all,

    I have a few pics I'd like to identify after investigating my garden!


    I found these growing under the fairly large Pine tree in the far right hand corner of our garden (pic below of the tree)..... there are loads! I thought it was over grown grass at first, until I pulled one up and found this:

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    My nan thought it was garlic, and it does smell like garlic, but I think it could be a Spring Onion?


    The next one to ID is poking through a grass ridden flower bed:
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    This one has changed colour from green to reddy brown:

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    This tree is obviously a Pine of some sort, and I apologise about the bad full length pic - but as you can hopefully see the branches do not start until half way up the tree, with no visible signs of pruning:

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    I hope they all upload ok - and that I haven't clogged up the boards with this many pictures!

    Any thoughts would be great [​IMG]
     

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  2. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    First one looks like onion or garlic.

    Third one looks like spirea gold flame.
     
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    First one looks very much like spring onion:heehee:
     
  4. OnTheHut

    OnTheHut Apprentice Gardener

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    :D The only reason I asked is because I thought it was waaay to early for spring onions! And it does look like some pictures of garlic I have seen on the net...... I thought it might be under developed or something! :heehee:
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    I have just found some pictures of Spirea goldflame on the net and I like it! Looking forward to it getting some leaves back! thank you.
     
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    :WINK1: The last 2 look like a large Xmas tree that has been planted out... :WINK1:
     
  6. OnTheHut

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    I always thought xmas trees had branches all the way down :) There goes my hopes of having a posh tree!
     
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    1. looks like spring onion
    2.sweet william
    3.spiarea
    4 old xmas trees planted out
     
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    The conifer is a member of the Abies family I would say,
     
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    No1 Spring Onion
    No2 Lilium Candidum (Madonna Lily)
    No3 Spirea 'Goldflame'
    No4 Possibly Christmas tree?

    Dave
     
  10. OnTheHut

    OnTheHut Apprentice Gardener

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    Thank you all for your replies, I have searched for the Madonna Lily and it is lovely! I can't wait to see if it survives and flowers!
     
  11. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    :scratch: Well defo wait & see for the lily.. I have some Madonna lilies, but they are much greener than yours.... :scratch: So let's wait & see...... :thumbsup:
     
  12. OnTheHut

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    With regards to the Spring Onions, how do I know when they are ready to eat?? They are quite thin at the moment.... I'm not a spring onion lover to be honest but hubs loves them.
     
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    They could be Japanese bunching onions rather than true jibbons, ( sorry, spring onions ) lol
     
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