Plant Quiz - part 3

Thanks for everyone's help last week. A number of the photos I took didn't upload so here are a few more plants in my garden I can't identify.


1 has a few stems about 2 ft high
2 is very tall bush - about 8-10 ft
3 is a small bush about 3 ft
4 is another bush 3-4 ft high
5 is a small bush about 2ft high

All help gratefully received

regards
gavin.

 

1. Looks like Centranthus ruber. Commonly called valerian.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=centranthus%20ruber&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1239&bih=528

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centranthus_ruber

2. Hmmm!

3. Duplicate pic. See Part 2 pic 2. Possibly a Cotoneaster. Please post here a pic when the berries have ripened, and the true colour is then seen.

4. Possibly a rather leggy Hebe. The brown bits look like the flowers gone to seed.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1...mLswbXxfCZBQ&ved=0CCMQ1QIoAA&biw=1239&bih=528

5. Looks like a Hydrangea. Possibly Hydrangea macrophylla.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=e...=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1239&bih=528

 

Thank you so much everyone. Only No.2 in this one remaining out of all of those posted. Now I've got some serious reading and probably a few tasks to put right several years of neglecting these plants!

thanks
Gavin.

 

My stab at them.
1/ Red Valerian.
2/ some type of Bamboo.
3/ Arbutus.
4/ Hebe.
5/ Hydrangea.
:gnthb:

 

Sorry daitheplant. But Arbutus have large fruits, not small berries in clusters.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ar...&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1239&bih=528

 

Eerr, sorry Silver Surfer, but Arbutus have Strawberry sized fruits. That`s why it`s called Strawberry Tree. Those clusters look like very young fruit to me.:gnthb:

 

Eerr, sorry Silver Surfer, but Arbutus have Strawberry sized fruits. That`s why it`s called Strawberry Tree. Those clusters look like very young fruit to me.:gnthb: Which is about right for this time of year.

 

3. Err! Sorry dai.
Maybe I should have said "larger fruits, not small berries in clusters."

I know exactly what the fruits of Arbutus unedo, common name Strawberry tree look like. I have a mature one in our garden, and the mystery plant is definitely not Arbutus.
It is unusual tree in that it displays both this years flowers, and the strawberries formed from last years flowers, at the same time on a single tree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arbutusunedo03.jpg

 

If it`s not Arbutus, what is it? I`ll stick with my choice.:rotfl:

 

No2 looks a bit like Hebe Salicifolia( dead flower top right looks Hebe like).

 

I`m afraid I don`t see a flower so will stick with Bamboo for now.:gnthb:

 

Hmmm!

2. I think that bamboo can be ruled out completely.
This shrub appears to have twigs and branches.

At 8-10ft it is far too strong and healthy to be any Hebe. Sorry I cannot see any flowers either.

Gavin, please would you be kind enough to do a general shot to show the whole shrub. A close up of the leaf arrangement on a twig might also help.
Please can you check to see if anywhere on the shrub there are any signs of any dead flowers or any seeds or berries.

3. This one is really annoying me. I recognise it.. just cannot place it.
I wonder if it might be a Pyracantha sp.
Evergreen, flowers in dense corymb clusters,the calyx are still visible on the ends which may put it in Rosaceae.
Can you also add a pic of the whole plant to see if that helps.

Please add any extra pics to this thread, rather than starting a new one. Thanks. SS

 

I`m changing my mind about Bamboo and going with Strongy on the Hebe salicifolia.:gnthb: