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help needed with some ID, please
bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg I think this is a Euphorbia which I only know as '4 by 4'. Does it have a white sap if you snapped a piece off? mark http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg ?? |
help needed with some ID, please
"mark" wrote in message o.uk... bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg I think this is a Euphorbia which I only know as '4 by 4'. Does it have a white sap if you snapped a piece off? mark I'll go with Euphorbia lathyris mark |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:04:20 +0100, "mark"
wrote: bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg I think this is a Euphorbia which I only know as '4 by 4'. Does it have a white sap if you snapped a piece off? mark that's the one - yes. Thanks! http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg ?? |
help needed with some ID, please
bob wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:04:20 +0100, "mark" wrote: bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg I think this is a Euphorbia which I only know as '4 by 4'. Does it have a white sap if you snapped a piece off? mark that's the one - yes. Thanks! http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg ?? 24-8-4 This looks very much to me like Japanese Knotwwed. If this is the case you had better dispose of it quick!!!! |
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bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg ?? These are only guesses, but here goes: 24-8-1 - Euphorbia lathyrus (Mole plant) 24-8-2 - Brunnera (not sure which one, maybe macrophylla) 24-8-3 - unknown, need to see flower 24-8-4 - Japanese knotweed has been suggested, but could also be Pokeberry (Phytolacca styraciflua) 24-8-5 - some Begonia or other someone |
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JonC writes
bob wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:04:20 +0100, "mark" wrote: bob wrote in message ... http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg I think this is a Euphorbia which I only know as '4 by 4'. Does it have a white sap if you snapped a piece off? mark Yes, definitely Euphorbia lathyrus (caper spurge - but don't try using the fruits instead of capers, they're poisonous) http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg ?? 24-8-4 This looks very much to me like Japanese Knotwwed. If this is the case you had better dispose of it quick!!!! No, definitely not Japanese knotweed, which has spade-shaped leaves - the leaf bases are not rounded like this. It could be the related Persicaria wallichii, Himalayan knotweed. -- Kay |
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On 2009-08-25 18:55:17 +0100, bob said:
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg Euphorbia - the one often known as the mole plant because it's said to keep moles away. It doesn't! Seeds itself all over the place. aka caper spurge. http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-2.jpg Don't know but it's a wild flower or weed (depending on your pov) ;-) http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-3.jpg Don't know but it made me think of an Aralia of some sort. http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg A balsam? http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-5.jpg Begonia foliosa, perhaps? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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thanks to all for input. I'll be taking a look at some pics on line
to see how these compare... I've previous experience of Euphorbia and I remember it became rampant. I think it might have to go. |
help needed with some ID, please
On 2009-08-26 12:07:17 +0100, bob said:
thanks to all for input. I'll be taking a look at some pics on line to see how these compare... I've previous experience of Euphorbia and I remember it became rampant. I think it might have to go. There are other *much* more beautiful and interesting forms such as E.mellifera, which has a lovely scent and E. polychroma just to name two and depending a bit on where your garden is as to warmth, frost, shelter, etc. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:02:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg Euphorbia - the one often known as the mole plant because it's said to keep moles away. It doesn't! Seeds itself all over the place. aka caper spurge. I may be wrong but if so, so is Bob Flowerdew. He said that the sap was used to rub on moles on the skin. Don't know if that works either. Pam in Bristol |
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#2 Brunnera [probably the basic form, macrophylla, which has forget-me-not like flowers in spring, and is a self-seeding thug] #3 Possibly the native avens, usually a weed. A flower would help to identify it properly, Also what the plant looks like at soil level. #4 Certainly a form of knotweed, and since the flowers are white, probably the notorious Japanese form. #5 A begonia, but which will take a lot of searching. There are hundreds. |
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On 26 Aug, 14:31, Pam Moore wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:02:57 +0100, Sacha wrote: http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg Euphorbia - the one often known as the mole plant because it's said to keep moles away. *It doesn't! *Seeds itself all over the place. aka caper spurge. I may be wrong but if so, so is Bob Flowerdew. *He said that the sap was used to rub on moles on the skin. Don't know if that works either. Pam in Bristol http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-4.jpg It's Poke berry, http://earthcaretaker.com/nativeplan...pokeberry.html it's nothing like Jap. knotweed http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/japknot.htm David Hill |
help needed with some ID, please
On 2009-08-26 14:31:57 +0100, Pam Moore said:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:02:57 +0100, Sacha wrote: http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ser/24-8-1.jpg Euphorbia - the one often known as the mole plant because it's said to keep moles away. It doesn't! Seeds itself all over the place. aka caper spurge. I may be wrong but if so, so is Bob Flowerdew. He said that the sap was used to rub on moles on the skin. Don't know if that works either. Pam in Bristol Really? The sap irritates the skin in a lot of people. But then that could be the point - it irritates warts and moles out of business ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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