Plant & Weed ID Megathread

karlitob

GinSoaked wrote: »

If you crush the foliage is there any distinct smell? You can identify Thuja plicata for example by its dried pinapple smell Tsuga heterophylla by its dry sort of bitter smell and Tsuga canadensis by a strong smell of lemons.

Haha you’re right! A fantastic smell of citrus - and I’m leaning to lemons.

karlitob

standardg60 wrote: »

Some form of Lawson Cypress..Chamaecyparis lawsoniana.

Btw Cupressus is 'cypress'
Chamaecyparis is literally 'false cypress'.

Hope that clears it up :-).

I think you might be the winner!
All suggestions look quite alike.

standardg60

lawsoniana 'glauca' i'd imagine.

You could just trim it if it's taking up too much space, they respond well to trimming as long as you don't trim them back too far.
Ie. always leave healthy green/blue growth on each branch.

Gemancy

Hi all. Just wondering if anybody can identify this weed? I think it might be some kind of fern. We set up 2 veg beds by building frames, laying down cardboard to smother weeds and filling with compost (no dig method).

All was going great until I spotted these interlopers among the onions and turnips!!!

Any advice?
Thanks, G

Gemancy

Gemancy wrote: »

Hi all. Just wondering if anybody can identify this weed? I think it might be some kind of fern. We set up 2 veg beds by building frames, laying down cardboard to smother weeds and filling with compost (no dig method).

All was going great until I spotted these interlopers among the onions and turnips!!!

Any advice?
Thanks, G

Yes, looks like Bracken. Has thick rhizomes like electrical flex, up 2 feet below ground. You will need to get rid as soon as you can.

Gemancy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes, looks like Bracken. Has thick rhizomes like electrical flex, up 2 feet below ground. You will need to get rid as soon as you can.

Thanks a mill, any suggestions for best method?

GinSoaked

Gemancy wrote: »

Thanks a mill, any suggestions for best method?

Just snap the stems as the plants come up. Then when the beds are empty dig dig and take out any roots you find, they will be fairly obvious. However they could be coming up from a long way down below the original soil level.

Gemancy

GinSoaked wrote: »

Just snap the stems as the plants come up. Then when the beds are empty dig dig and take out any roots you find, they will be fairly obvious. However they could be coming up from a long way down below the original soil level.

Thanks for the reply. Il keep doing that, it's a kind of creepy weed if that doesn't make me sound too insane!! The roots are what im worried about. We just laid a concrete base for a polytunnel about 6 ft away from the bed, I'm worried in will invade that now too. If I laid polythene on it for a few months and delay planting till next year would you think that would be enough to kill it off?

GinSoaked

You can get rid of bracken just by knocking it over as soon as you see it. Its no big deal if you get it as soon as it emerges. It will be a couple of years maybe more before you see the back of it but then new shoots are so easy to damage that its not worth doing anything else.

Its a real pain but won't lift flags or damage footings unless you have masses of roots underneath. If it was on site then you would have noticed it before if not you probably brought in a small amount with new topsoil.

Trizo

Trizo wrote: »

Hi all ,

Have been wanting to grow comfrey in the garden and by luck i think there is some already growing , maybe someone can confirm if the belolw pictures are indeed comfrey ?

pic 1
pic 2


If so would it be possible to tell if its the bocking 14 type or just wild/common comfrey ? or will i just have to wait and see if it spreads eveywhere

Having cleared some of the garden recently it became more visible , it does have the pink/purple flowers also

Many Thanks

It is Comfrey alright. I couldn't tell you if its Common or Russian from the pic.

Holy Diver

Can someone ID this perennial?

Its woody main stem broke in the storm so I want to see if it can be salvaged by taking cuttings or something.

GinSoaked

Its a Euphorbia

highdef

I agree. Common name is spurge. I have one in my garden that is very similar. Be careful with the sap from inside the stem. It can cause quite a good deal of irritation to your skin if it comes into contact with it.

GinSoaked

I was being a bit vague when I said it was a Euphorbia because there are quite a few with purple leaves like that. I think it may be a purple form of Euphorbia amygdaloides

Holy Diver

GinSoaked wrote: »

I was being a bit vague when I said it was a Euphorbia because there are quite a few with purple leaves like that. I think it may be a purple form of Euphorbia amygdaloides

It’s worth a shot taking some cuttings I suppose

GinSoaked

Holy Diver wrote: »

It’s worth a shot taking some cuttings I suppose

Hard to get rid of they normally produce a lot of seed (about now) and they often spread around.

Holy Diver

Seedling ID please

I picked it from between patio slabs a few weeks back as it looked unusual...

Holy Diver

Holy Diver wrote: »

Seedling ID please

I picked it from between patio slabs a few weeks back as it looked unusual...

Beech, purpling is probably just nutrient deficit (phosphorus )/ general stress.

GinSoaked

Deleted User wrote: »

Beech, purpling is probably just nutrient deficit (phosphorus )/ general stress.

You never know could be a new form, Fagus Sylvatica "Holy Diver"

Holy Diver

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Beech, purpling is probably just nutrient deficit (phosphorus )/ general stress.

And here’s me thinking I was treating it with love and attention!!

standardg60

Or maybe it's just a purple beech!

dePeatrick

Holy Diver wrote: »

It’s worth a shot taking some cuttings I suppose

They put up shoots around the parent plant and can be quite invasive, don't know if it grows from cuttings.

Spook_ie

Anyone narrow this down from just "Iris" nice variegated leaves but somewhat generic flower

standardg60

Iris pallida 'argentea variegata' most likely

bm 83

Can anyone identify this weed and how best to get rid of it?

GrumpyMe

Birdsfoot trefoil - I think...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/99960/Lotus-corniculatus/Details

Some hints on removal here
https://www.techlinenews.com/articles/2013/managing-birdsfoot-trefoil-lotus-corniculatus

If you want more try here
https://www.meadowmania.ie/birdsfoot-trefoil-lotus-corniculatus-seed-packet.htm

A weed is a plant in the wrong place...

bm 83

bm 83 wrote: »

Can anyone identify this weed and how best to get rid of it?

This is Black Medick

Harry Palmr

Out of focus but should be easy for someone to ID.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Out of focus but should be easy for someone to ID.

Honeysuckle

highdef

Possibly Woodbine/common honeysuckle? I actually have something looking remarkably similar in my back garden, about 1 metre from a mature honeysuckle plant so I suspect it came from there. Could well be wrong though but someone here will know!

Do you or a neighbour have any honeysuckle plants?