On 10/06/2014 13:40, Tim Watts wrote:
I was wondering if anyone would recognise any of the 6 plants in this
photoset please? All growing on heavy non alkaline clay.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/timjwa...7644693912260/


A couple of bushes I'm trying to decide whether to keep or not ("Boring
shrub" and "Fluffy bush"). Not sure about "Tree" either. It's green -
that's all I can say about it. It's also over a sewer line so I'm
interested if its roots are likely to be evil and far reaching...


The others I am merely curious:

"Ground stuff" is quite nice and soft - wondering whether to encourage it.

"Dead shrub" is very weird - looks like a dried twig half the year, then
does a Lazarus in about May.

"Nice tree" is really rather pretty. Slow growing, bendy twisty branches.


I've uncovered all of these since hacking back the jungle that used to
be here...

Many many thanks if anyone has any ideas?

And HOW do you ID plants, apart from knowing what lots of them look
like? It's not something Google image matching helps with and I'm too
ill informed (though I'd like to improve).

Cheers

Tim
The first is wigelia which doesn't flower on first season growth so
nothing till next year.
The fluffy bush looks to me like Spiraea X billiardii
The third, honeysuckle, just wants a good feed, something with fairly
high Nitrogen (that's the first number when you see what's in the feed.)
Tree or big bush is Lilac
The tree makes me think of a Pear tree, but I cant enlarge the picture
to have a closer look at parts of the tree.
Lastly a form of achillia, the flower will telll you if it's wild or a
cultivated form