Anyone know what this is?

aerosol

I scored a couple of pots from freecycyle a couple of weeks ago and never got round to emptying and cleaning,now have these growing....theres also some tiny buds on the woody stems.I'm going to leave them and see what grows.

Any ideas what they could be?Ta

beer enigma

aerosol wrote: »

I scored a couple of pots from freecycyle a couple of weeks ago and never got round to emptying and cleaning,now have these growing....theres also some tiny buds on the woody stems.I'm going to leave them and see what grows.

Any ideas what they could be?Ta

Look a bit like Lupin leaves, but very early....

aerosol

Thanks Andip,just googled lupin,they're nice looking flowers:)When u say early do you mean they are early to start are in very early stage?Ta

johno2

aerosol wrote: »

Thanks Andip,just googled lupin,they're nice looking flowers:)When u say early do you mean they are early to start are in very early stage?Ta

They look like lupins alright. They die off every winter and come back, usually around now, but they're a bit late due to the cold weather. They grow to about a meter tall in midsummer.

johno

bmaxi

The woody stems wouldn't be lupins, maybe a fuchsia of some sort. Be warned, lupins are magnets for aphids.

mountainy man

lupins allright ,nice pots, nice plant other looks like fushia might sprout from the base if wasn't too cold where you got it from , good old free cycle am a sucker for free stuff!

CJhaughey

Lupins are great for the soil if they are planted out in the garden.
They have nitrogen fixing bacteria on the roots and actually improve the soil.

mountainy man

wouldn't leave i pots too long they get quite big and have large roots too so could split those hansome pots , i would plant out in garden in autumn as it dies back for winter.

Yi Harr

bmaxi wrote: »

The woody stems wouldn't be lupins, maybe a fuchsia of some sort. Be warned, lupins are magnets for aphids.

Could be tree lupins rather then herbaceous ones

mountainy man

while we're on the subject of lupins i have a tree lupin which was planted last year looks dead is there any small vestige of hope left for it after our wonderfull winter . donno much about them only familiar with herbeacious ones, will it rise from the dead?

bmaxi

Yi Harr wrote: »

Could be tree lupins rather then herbaceous ones

Good point, I wouldn't give much for the survival of the pot in that case though. I still think they are fuchsias.

goat2

aerosol wrote: »

I scored a couple of pots from freecycyle a couple of weeks ago and never got round to emptying and cleaning,now have these growing....theres also some tiny buds on the woody stems.I'm going to leave them and see what grows.

Any ideas what they could be?Ta

its a lupin, look healthy. feed and enjoy

Dizzyblonde

bmaxi wrote: »

I still think they are fuchsias.

I think the other plants in the pot are fuschias.

Yi Harr

Finally got to have a look at the picture on something other then my phone. Yeah, the other plant has the papery bark look of fuchsia but could also be dead geraniums or something.

casey junior

Yes, lupins and dead geraniums
BTW LIDLs are selling lupins up here tomorrow as ALPINES....LOL