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Plant Identification Please

Wanna be GardnerWanna be Gardner Posts: 66
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Attaches is from one of my pot in the garden for some reason i have these growing in them please can you advise what is it please?
Kind regards

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    This may be of help
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=412
    Think they are liverwort and moss  :)
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Yes, I get those from time to time on pots.  Carefully tip out the plant, scrape them off and add a bit of fresh compost to cover any roots that are left exposed.  Top dressing with some grit or gravel helps to stop them but I don't always get around to doing it......
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    The appearance of liverwort usually indicates poor drainage so I would remove the plant from the pot, check the hole(s) in the bottom are clear then repot it, removing the moss and liverwort as you do so.  If it's an acid-lover (looks a bit like rhodo family) then remember to use ericaceous compost, adding some grit to improve drainage.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with Bob ... and I'd add, when repotted don't stand it in a saucer over winter ... raise it up on a couple of bricks (keeping the draininge hole/s clear) to ensure that the drainage is 'free flowing' in periods of heavy rain etc.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Wanna be GardnerWanna be Gardner Posts: 66
    Thank you all. Pot and compost changed. Till next spring.

    happy gardening to us all.
    regards
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    See this discussion: https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/1823169#Comment_1823169
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