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Any help identifying these?

lizziec1988lizziec1988 Posts: 74
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Thank you in advance if anyone can help identify these plants for a relatively novice gardener! 
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Montbretia
    Aster
    Forget me not
    Aquilega
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Agree.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    1. Crocosmia

    2. One of the aster ... Michaelmas daisy type of thing. Bottom left corner the spotted leaves of a Pulmonaria ( flowers early spring great for early
    bumble bees). 

    3. Possibly myosotis seedlings (forget me not)

    4.  aquilegia or thalictrum  aquilegifolium seedlings. 

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





  • lizziec1988lizziec1988 Posts: 74
    Brill! Thank you! And these seedlings I just leave and get excited about blooms for next year? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes 👍. But they’re a bit close together. You could get a little hand fork and dig some out in clumps ... tease the seedlings apart and replant about six to eight inches apart.  

    This damp weather when the soil is still warm is the perfect time to do it and they’ll grow bigger and better for having a bit of elbow room. 😊 

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





  • lizziec1988lizziec1988 Posts: 74
    Thank you for your advice! 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
     :) 

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





  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    The first one could be montbretia, which has orange flowers, or crocosmia, which is very similar but bigger and has red flowers.  There is also a yellow variety.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited September 2019
    josusa47 said:
    The first one could be montbretia, which has orange flowers, or crocosmia, which is very similar but bigger and has red flowers.  There is also a yellow variety.
    Sorry josua but several years ago the powers that be, changed the name of Montbretia to Crocosmia.....Technically all are now Crocosmia...although many people still use the old name Montbretia.
    It may well be due to DNA studies of plants.
    Many many plants have had name changes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocosmia

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/6890.shtml

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?query=crocosmia


    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There are lots of cultivated varieties of Crocosmia - from yellows through oranges [and mixes of both]  to red. The most common  red one being Lucifer, and it's a fine specimen when in full flow  :)

    If it is the common one that you have @lizziec1988 - it can be quite invasive in many gardens, so keep an eye on it. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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