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Novice gardener needs help identifying plants.
GardenerMax
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Dear gardening friends,
Recently, we moved from an apartment in the city to a house in the countryside. The house is surrounded by a mature but rather "wild" garden.
Because I'm completely new to gardening, I would like to do some research on the plants I have. Based on old documentation, I was already able to identify a few but not all of them.
Does somebody recognize (some of) the plants below?
Thanks a million for taking the time to have a look at the photos / posting some feedback.
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1 looks like a rose, 3 and 7 looks like brambles, 11 geranium, 5. could be a peony
Or 5 could be a hellebore!
5 = Helleborus (species unknown)
9= Lysimachia clethroides
10=Linaria purpurea (?) indistinct image .
8. Stephanandra incisa crispa
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stephanandra+incisa+crispa&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK2Kiio7TVAhVMCcAKHfIyD84Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
Photo two could be a Snowberry shrub. Symphoricarpos Albus.
Photo seven could be Ash?
1 rose
3 Bramble (blackberry)
5 Hellebore
7 Bramble
9 Lysimachia clethroides
10 Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
11 Hardy geranium
12 Possibly an Iris.
Apologies, getting numbers all wrong, Ash for photo six.
1. Rose of some sort
2. Lemon balm? Melissa officinalis Give it a pinch, does it smell lemony? If it is lemon balm, it's related to mint, bees love it, but it can get a bit too big for its boots.
3. I think is a bramble, is it thorny? You don't want this, but they're not easy to get rid of.
4. Looks like stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, there's a sure but mildly painful way to check!
5. I think is a hellebore, a popular garden flower, don't like them myself.
6. Another rose I think, the leafless bit in the middle of the picture looks like where the flowers have dropped off.
7. Bramble, see 3.
8. If this is what I think it is, it's similar to hawthorn and has bright red berries but I can't remember it's name, sorry.
9. no idea
10. Could be one of the lavenders Lavandula spp. or catmint Nepeta
11. Hardy geranium, good flowering plants to have in a garden, very showy when it flowers. Comes in lots of varieties, flowers in the pink and purple range.
12. no idea.
I'll have a hunt through my books for no. 8, and get back to you if I find it.
4. Had another look.
Maybe Stachys sylvatica rather than stinging nettle.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=stachys+sylvatica&oq=stachys+sylvatica&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0j0i24k1.15882.23513.0.24703.18.17.1.0.0.0.224.1540.12j4j1.17.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.16.1378...0i8i30k1j0i67k1.Ti42Jjd9T1I#imgrc=ZUmwqqpViFL25M :
12. My first impression was Gladioli??