Plant & Weed ID Megathread

The chan chan man · 12-09-2019 7:19pm

Hi.. Is this Japanese Knotweed??

The chan chan man · 12-09-2019 7:19pm

Hi.. Is this Japanese Knotweed??

New Home · 12-09-2019 8:23pm

No. Buddleia, I'd say.

purplesnack · 13-09-2019 12:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's Clematis vitalba, Old Man's Beard, yes can be as vigorous as ivy

Thanks a million! I'd never seen it there before so was curious to know what it was.

Be right back · 19-09-2019 9:42am

Anyone know what this is?

macraignil · 19-09-2019 9:57am

Be right back wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

The big leaves might belong to hogweed but just from looking at the leaves I can't say for sure. I got a picture of some hogweed flowering in a ditch in my own garden at about 28seconds into this video.

19-09-2019 11:54am

Be right back wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

This looks like Gunnera, Giant rhubarb, very invasive in high rainfall regions

looksee · 19-09-2019 8:29pm

Agreed it looks more like gunnera than hogweed - giant or common. Its hard to see the scale though. Full size gunnera has hairy stems I thought.

coxy123 · 20-09-2019 10:42am

Hi All,

2 questions:

What's the name of this please?

Can it be pruned/trimmed at any particular time of year, does it matter when?

Thanks.

looksee · 20-09-2019 11:21am

Looks like Vibernum Davidii with added bindweed! Pruning is 'as needed', you could 'all over' trim it with shears, or you can carefully go down the stalks and trim them to bring the whole thing smaller, it will take hard pruning. You will not get flowers/berries in the following year if you prune. Looks like a splendid plant, what are you hoping to do with it?

coxy123 · 20-09-2019 11:40am

Thanks looksee. It's getting fairly big so will go with pruning route. I know you mention shears but in past would have used a hedge trimmer - would be hoping to do the same again.

coxy123 · 20-09-2019 11:43am

looksee wrote: »

Looks like Vibernum Davidii with added bindweed!

Well spotted! The bindweed stuff breaks my heart and my back with the amount I spend getting rid of it. Even though I have a membrane below bark mulch it still gets though in spots:(

Ruddock25 · 20-09-2019 3:56pm

Anyone know what this is

Ruddock25 · 20-09-2019 3:57pm

Anyone know what this is

looksee · 20-09-2019 4:47pm

Could be a jasmine, the one with the little red flower?

looksee · 20-09-2019 4:51pm

Hm, t'internet says they are jasminium beesianum and the red ones are rare plants. But there are loads on sale and I have one going absolutely rampant in my recently acquired garden.

standardg60 · 20-09-2019 6:17pm

Ruddock25 wrote: »

Anyone know what this is

Can only see one pic and it's of a leggy hebe

fryup · 03-10-2019 4:30pm

whats this growing up through the cracks of my paving?

looksee · 03-10-2019 5:11pm

fryup wrote: »

whats this growing up through the cracks of my paving?

Some sort of liverwort. No harm unless you don't like the look of them, they could make the paving a bit slippery if they got too enthusiastic.

fryup · 03-10-2019 7:53pm

thats strange, cause i sprayed the paving with roundup not so long ago..must be immune to it

GrumpyMe · 03-10-2019 8:52pm

fryup wrote: »

thats strange, cause i sprayed the paving with roundup not so long ago..must be immune to it

Not that I'd rely on Boris' Mouthpiece...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/problem-solving/how-to-get-rid-of-liverwort/

Cody OHare · 09-10-2019 1:15pm

I want to tackle this over the winter and need some advice.....
By boundary wall is cement blocks with ornamental gaps (very 70's) in the blocks. So in some areas I get plants growing through from next door. The worst of these is where I have a pyracantha growing up along the wall. There is ivy all along the back of the Pyracantha. It is not possible to tell if it originated in my garden or in the neigbours. However it does push itself through the garden bed in front of the pyracantha.

This winter I will try to remove but ultimately I cannot get to the back wall due to the thorns. What should I do?

19-10-2019 10:23am

Nearly two years ago I sowed a few seeds in a pot using soil i dug up in my garden and this thing sprung up. It wasn't one of the seeds i planted and it didn't look like a weed so I potted it up by itself and it seems to be doing fine. Does anyone know what it could be?

standardg60 · 19-10-2019 10:27am

Charleigh Icy SWordplay wrote: »

Nearly two years ago I sowed a few seeds in a pot using soil i dug up in my garden and this thing sprung up. It wasn't one of the seeds i planted and it didn't look like a weed so I potted it up by itself and it seems to be doing fine. Does anyone know what it could be?

Looks like a griselinia seedling, there's probably a proud parent plant nearby :-)