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What are these two plants

sweet pea Sarahsweet pea Sarah Posts: 129
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ive recently moved to a new house,I know quite a lot of plants but haven’t got a clue what these two are.The second foto is a ground cover that creeps and tries to root down off of the runners.Am thinking I might remove this as it seems quite thuggish.The second is a lovely flower.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    The yellow is one of the Solidagos, the creeper a Rubus, related to Brambles


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    The rubus is lovely if you can plant it on the top of a wall and let is trail down; also produces an usual fruit, bit like a raspberry.
     
  • sweet pea Sarahsweet pea Sarah Posts: 129
    Thank you nutcutlet.Does the Rubus flower at all?
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    Rubus tricolor. Has small white flowers. 
    East Anglia
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd only plant rubus tricolor if you have a vast area of ground to cover. It's a thug IMHO.
    Devon.
  • sweet pea Sarahsweet pea Sarah Posts: 129
    I did think it might be,the previous owners of the house were here four years and didn’t garden other than mowing the grass and consequently all beds are rock hard and overgrown so we are gradually digging them over and I’m trying to identify plants as I go.
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