plant identification and an Acer question

I have just been given some plants and I dont have a clue what they are so dont know where to plant them, any help identifying would be gratefully appreciated

1. straightforward enough, 3 plants in 3 pots


2. There are two different plants in the same pot here


3. 1 plant and 1 pot!


4. This looks like 1 plant in 1 pot but there seems to be a rougue stem and flower bunch (bottom right of picture) mixed in although it seems to be growing from the same rootball.


5. Lastly, this is my acer which I've owned for about 6 years, this year it seems to be developing flowers which its never done before, is this normal behaviour? and any help on identifying the variety would be helpful

 

Picture 1 has pot 1 Aquilegia, grows anywhere, pot 2 I think might be a perennial geranium, pot 3 is a rock garden plant, usually has pink flowers
Picture 2 has an aquilegia and another 'geranium'.
Pic. 3 looks like another 'geranium'
Pic. 4 is Lungwort [Pulmonaria] likes well drained shady spots, with a bit of Forget me not [Myosotis] which will grow anywhere.
I'm not sure about the geranium, someone
else will know!

Your Acer looks lovely, I've never seen flowers on one. It looks like 'Acer palmatum dissectum' but which one I don't know!

Hope this will help!

 

Pot number 3 in the first picture looks rather like Sedum spectabilis (ice plant). If so it will have thick fleshy leaves and be happy in a normal or dryish area in sun. Butterflies love it.

 

picture one is as liz says; pot one is an aquilegia pot two looks like a geranium and pot three is a sedum specabile (ice plant)

picture two deffo an aquiligea and a geranium

picture three, looks a bit like a creeping buttercup

picture four, yep pulmonaria, remember to remove all the dead leaves when it's started to grow well, because they look really manky

your acer has probably come of age! bless it

 

Your acer is fine
It is extremely difficult to name Japanese Maples for various reasons
What colours does it exhibit during the year?
Have you a picture from distance and a close up of a mature leaf?
Check out photographs of mature acers and compare
http://www.fujiyamagarden.com/ThePlants.html

 

Blimey, arent you lot clever, thank you for identifying the plants for me, I can put them in my garden now

As for the Acer, I'm not desperate to know the variety, I had just wondered which one it was. It's one of my favourites and it does look healthier this year than it ever has before although I've not done anything to it.

Thanks again all

 

On the same line I have some sedums as houseplants. Could they possibly go outside? The original plant came in a mixed basket one christmas and as it has grown bigger I keep chopping it down and rooting/potting on the offcuts. They look a lot like the plant in picture 1 and have white flowers