What's ths growing? - part1

There is loads of new growth coming through, and if you are anything like me you look at it and say what the h*lls that? So I thought I would get you all thinking. Below I have put several pictures of new growth. First - can you guess what they are ( they are all ordinary garden plants) and secondly in a day or two I will put the names under the pictures so that it might help as a aid to remind you of what's growing in your own garden.


1 Allium sphaerocephalon, but chives must look the same - so full marks for Allium


2 Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian


3 Geranium Ann Folkard. And its not sick Pete. :D It has lovely pale acid green leaves that are lovely in themselves. But the leaf is the same shape as any other perennial Geranium.


4 Lychnis coronaria. It always looks a bit tired as some leaves are from last year. But I admit it is very Verbascum like.


5 Salvia sclarea. Quite right Pete, you know me well enough that you can't escape without a Salvia.


6 Aquilegia. Most distinctive foliage.


7 Delphinium


8 Hemerocallis


9 Phlox. A difficult one as there is so little to see. But its a reminder of its relative growth compared to others.


10 Sedum spectabile

 

1) No idea - chives or alliums?
2) Lychnis Chalcedonica?
3) Cranesbill?
4) Lychnis Coronaria
5) Mullein
6) Aquilegia
7) Delphinium
8) Day Lily?
9) Not sure, looks familiar though!
10 Sedum

 

1. Does look like chives
2. Not sure
3. Heuchera
4. ? stachys or lambs ears
5. Not sure
6. Aquilegia or grannys bonnet
7. Heuchera
8. Hemerocallis or day lily
9.?? aster
10. Sedum

 

Come on Peter, put us out of our misery!

I like the idea of this thread

PS you could do with doing some weeding in your borders!!!

 

I will post the names tomorrow night. I am not rushing as the idea was to get people to think a bit about it. Needless to say you have done very well, with a lot of hits for Wilroda as well.

To anyone else looking at this - please do put some of your own up in this thread. The idea is to be educational as well as a bit of fun. We can often reognise plants when they are fully grown - but it not so easy at this stage.

And thanks for the comment about weeding SussexG. But may I remind you that in North Yorkshire, weeding doesn't start until the 1st of April. :D

 

Ok then I'll have a go,

1 looks like chives to me

2 aint go a clue

3 a half dead geranium, feed it Peter lol


4 thats got to be a verbascum

5 a salvia, not argentea?

6 Aqulegia

7 Delphinium

8 hemerocallis

9 possibly another salvia, bright red flowers, the name escapes me.

10 sedum spectabile

 

Hi Peter

you have just scared me as I kind of recognise that I have some of those plants in my garden and I have just been out to cheat by looking at the labels etc and cannot see a single one shooting yet

 

Which ones have you got in your garden? There should be at least some of them showing above ground by now, at the very least Sedum and Aquilegia...

 

I have addeded the names. Congratulations to you all on getting most right. I probably wouldn't have done if it weren't for the labels. :D

Spes - it all depends on where you are. If you are north of Yorkshire you will be even further behind. Let us know how many of these you can see.

 

I'm pleased that your Phlox and Valerian look almost at the same stage as mine...

 

Wow, it's the most useful topic I have seen for ages in anywhere, not to say you can learn a lot from it, it was a brilliant idea!!!! :gnthb:

By the time I returned you put up the solutions, so I missed my round, I should pop in more frequently... May I join straight away with piccies to identify?

 

Um, forgot two more things: Your Centranthus looks more green than bluish grey, it almost confused me... Is it because of the soil's pH?

Could we have a similar round featuring the 'enemies' as well?

 

Good game Peter............Keeps us on our toes......:thumb:

 

I should have got No 2, I've spent two years eradicating it, nice flowers but it nearly took over the whole neighbourhood.:D

 

Thanks for the kind words Agatha. If you have some pictures of your own - please do share them with us. Its probably easiest to open a new thread.

We couldn't be neighbours Pete. Centranthus is one of my favorites - it flowers for longer than almost everything else. But I agree it does like to self seed. :D