Miscellaneous Lot

Any ideas as to what the following plants/shrubs are please?









Many thanks chaps and chapesses!!!!

 

First ones Sisyrinchium Stinatum ( Pigroot ) I think

Last ones Looks like a Fuchsia

 

!. Sisyrinchium striatum
2. Acanthus spinosus
3? ?Rhubarb
4 Not sure, closer view of flowers might help. ?Weigela

 

Last one is Leycesteria formosa or pheasant berry

 

Spot on!!!!! Having now looked at Google images of your named plants you are correct ... but not on the rhubarb.

The 'rhubarb' I've been calling gunnera for four years but it's not even that. It spreads like crazy, loves damp to wet conditions and borders the stream, covering the path so much so that it's impossible to get down there. It grows quite high 1 metre or more. We are forced to leaving it in place because there's so much of it ... besides it's a haven for dragonflies and demoisselle flies. It dies back probably late summer. But comes back early summer.

Really chuffed you've got the answers for us .... Many thanks!!

 

The acanthus is a mollis, I think, not spinosus. The "gunnera" is not a gunnera, I don´t know its name, it is a common plant where I live now all along any little stream and I am curious too to know its name.

 

I think the 3rd plant could be Rheum.

 

Nope, after breaking my head on this for days I think it is called Patasites hybridus, or butterbur.
Google for pics, and tell me if you think it is the right plant!

 

Bonsoir Ivory ... nope it aint that either! There are no flowers produced.
Bonsoir Dai - had a gander on Google images and found rheum officinale baille (?) looks similar but shorter than the lot we have. Will investigate further - thanks for the lead ..... If it's the above mentioned it can be used as a laxative .... I could make a MINT!!!!!!!!!

Love this forum!

A Bientot!

Winnie

 

You sure? This pic
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/garden/plants/Petasites-hybridus-RCP08-07-353.jpg
looks really very very similar. I must check when this thing is supposed to flower and keep an eye on the plants in my neighbourhood. I am so curious to know what it is. A plant without a name is not acceptable!

 

Bonsoir Ivory! Sorry for taking an age to respond but we've been so busy in the garden we don't know if we're coming or going!! Had a further look at the pics you referred me to .... It is difficult to say. The leaves in the pic look 'bumpy' whereas these are smooth. I've never, ever seen it flower .... that's the rub! It stretches as far as the eye can see ... I'll put up another pic ... hold on ....



It's probably the same family!! Anyway, I know we can't get through the stuff it's that thick and some of it towers above me ... 5ft2" ...

Thank you all once again. Bonsoiree!!!

 

I see the underside of the leaf is white, that means that is actually really not the same plant because "my" plant is green on both sides. I had read something about a similar one with white under the leaf, must go back and see what THAT was.

 

Well, it's got me stumped!!!! Darn annoying isn't it?

 

Kristen has correctly identified this plant .... at long last! It's bog rhubarb! Well done Kristen!

 

Erm, I am confused, isn't bog rhubarb the same as Petasides (euther hybridus or vulgaris) ?