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K · 17-06-2008, 10:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

adm writes

Now you have named it, I remember seeing these flower spikes last year:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A..._%28aka%29.jpg

which are apparently highly poisonous.

What you have in your pic is the berries, which come after the flowers.

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Kay

beccabunga · 18-06-2008, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adm

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http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...orrisits!.html

The

first is a big woody bush/hedge type thing with nasty spikes and
berries that birds seem to like. It appears to have spread via suckers
- it's up against one wall of my house and is beginning to cover up
some windows, so what is it and how far can it be cut back?

The second - well. I don't quite know how to describe it - the leaves
are quite attractive, but I don't like the look of the flower bud?
spears....any idea. This is also a bit messed up from bed clearance,
but if the flowers are going to do something nice, I'll see if it can
be salvaged!

thanks in advance.....

Alasdair

.

1: Pyracantha - can be cut back as hard as you like and kept trimmed. Very very useful for keeping intruders out. You will lose a couple of years of flowers and berries, but they will start coming again as the plant adjusts.

2: Arum maculatam [also known as italicum]. Grown for its winter leaves, can be quite stunning. If you don't want the flowers/berries, just take them off when they start.

Sandy · 18-06-2008, 04:04 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

adm wrote:
Hi All,

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...se_plants.html

1)
A nice little shrub

I recognise it but can't think of the name, sorry!

2) A tall thin thing with nice coloured leaves

Are some of the lower/older leaves turning green? If so it's possibly a
Photinia fraseri - Little Red Robin - very attractive hedge plant!

Sacha[_3_] · 18-06-2008, 04:29 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 18/6/08 16:04, in article , "Sandy"
wrote:

adm wrote:
Hi All,

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...re_these_plant
s.html

1)
A nice little shrub

I recognise it but can't think of the name, sorry!

Same here - I've been wondering about a Viburnum, Weigela, Daphne.....
snip

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking
to do!)

Sacha[_3_] · 18-06-2008, 06:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 17/6/08 22:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

I've missed something or mis-read it. Which Lysimachia, Kay and which
larger version?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking
to do!)

Charlie Pridham[_2_] · 18-06-2008, 08:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article ,
says...
Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

and the purple thing is a highly desirable
and very beautiful Tradescantia, possibly T. andersoniana.

Yep.

I am with you K number 2 is definately lysimachia cilliata Firecraker

Number one looks familar but all that comes to mind is Daphne but I
thought the leaf edge on that was more gold than silver?
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

K · 18-06-2008, 09:32 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Sacha writes
On 17/6/08 22:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

I've missed something or mis-read it. Which Lysimachia, Kay

Yellow loosestrife. eg 'Firecracker'.

and which
larger version?

He reposted the link and said he'd made the pics a bit larger

--
Kay

adm · 18-06-2008, 10:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 2008-06-18 16:29:30 +0100, Sacha said:

On 18/6/08 16:04, in article , "Sandy"
wrote:

adm wrote:
Hi All,

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu...re_these_plant
s.html

1)
A nice little shrub

I recognise it but can't think of the name, sorry!

Same here - I've been wondering about a Viburnum, Weigela, Daphne.....
snip

Well - whatever it is, I like it a lot! Nice and dense with very small leaves.

Can you take cuttings from things like this?

adm · 18-06-2008, 10:32 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 2008-06-18 20:45:05 +0100, Charlie Pridham
said:

In article ,
says...
Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

and the purple thing is a highly desirable
and very beautiful Tradescantia, possibly T. andersoniana.

Yep.

I am with you K number 2 is definately lysimachia cilliata Firecraker

Ta. So I can expect it to flower? That's an added bonus......I thought
it was just foliage!

Number one looks familar but all that comes to mind is Daphne but I
thought the leaf edge on that was more gold than silver?

Sacha[_3_] · 18-06-2008, 10:59 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 18/6/08 21:32, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 17/6/08 22:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

I've missed something or mis-read it. Which Lysimachia, Kay

Yellow loosestrife. eg 'Firecracker'.

Could well be but I thought the leaves of that were a bit more plum coloured
- new growth might be the answer to that.

and which
larger version?

He reposted the link and said he'd made the pics a bit larger

Thanks, don't think I've seen that for some reason.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking
to do!)

Sacha[_3_] · 18-06-2008, 11:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 18/6/08 22:31, in article 2008061822315016807-adm1@fastmailfm, "adm"
wrote:

On 2008-06-18 16:29:30 +0100, Sacha said:

On 18/6/08 16:04, in article , "Sandy"
wrote:

adm wrote:
Hi All,

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.

http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stu..._are_these_pla
nt
s.html

1)
A nice little shrub

I recognise it but can't think of the name, sorry!

Same here - I've been wondering about a Viburnum, Weigela, Daphne.....
snip

Well - whatever it is, I like it a lot! Nice and dense with very small leaves.

Can you take cuttings from things like this?

You should certainly be able to do that. It's the reddish stems that are
intriguing me!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking
to do!)

K · 19-06-2008, 10:05 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Sacha writes
On 18/6/08 21:32, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 17/6/08 22:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

I've missed something or mis-read it. Which Lysimachia, Kay

Yellow loosestrife. eg 'Firecracker'.

Could well be but I thought the leaves of that were a bit more plum coloured
- new growth might be the answer to that.

Wonder whether we're seeing the colours differently on different
computers. The picture certainly looked to me like the deep purple of my
purple Lysimachia (whether that's Firecracker or not I haven't a clue),
and not the bright red of Photinia.

But I was going more from the shape of the leaves and the arrangement of
the leaves on the stem. The leaves were not rounded enough for Photinia,
and too close together at the ends of the stems.

--
Kay

K · 19-06-2008, 10:06 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

adm writes
On 2008-06-18 20:45:05 +0100, Charlie Pridham
said:

In article ,
says...
Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia
Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced
that
it's the Lysimachia.

and the purple thing is a highly desirable
and very beautiful Tradescantia, possibly T. andersoniana.
Yep.

I am with you K number 2 is definately lysimachia cilliata Firecraker

Ta. So I can expect it to flower? That's an added bonus......I thought
it was just foliage!

Yellow flowers later in the summer which look quite striking against the
foliage.
--
Kay

Sacha[_3_] · 19-06-2008, 10:35 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 19/6/08 10:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 18/6/08 21:32, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
On 17/6/08 22:05, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes

the
red thing is, perhaps, a Photinia

Definitely not. On seeing the larger version, I'm more convinced that
it's the Lysimachia.

I've missed something or mis-read it. Which Lysimachia, Kay

Yellow loosestrife. eg 'Firecracker'.

Could well be but I thought the leaves of that were a bit more plum coloured
- new growth might be the answer to that.

Wonder whether we're seeing the colours differently on different
computers. The picture certainly looked to me like the deep purple of my
purple Lysimachia (whether that's Firecracker or not I haven't a clue),
and not the bright red of Photinia.

But I was going more from the shape of the leaves and the arrangement of
the leaves on the stem. The leaves were not rounded enough for Photinia,
and too close together at the ends of the stems.

I'm sure you're right because I went off and looked at other pics of
Firecracker and that looks the same.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online but not completed - shop to come and some mild tweaking
to do!)

Janet Tweedy · 22-06-2008, 12:16 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article , Sacha
writes

You should certainly be able to do that. It's the reddish stems that are
intriguing me!

I'd have said the smaller type of pieris. i have one that looks very
similar.
Would have gone for the lysimachia, in fact featured on Friday's
gardener's world.
Not much like a red robin on my monitor, far too dark red and leaves
look more like a perennial that a shrub.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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