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Can anyone tell me what these are?

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    1.  Vinca, 2. Choisya, 3 maybe cherry?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited May 2020
    I'd agree with @josusa47.
    If the last one has just 'appeared' in your garden, it might be better to remove it. It would depend on what's around it etc. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ThebigeasyThebigeasy Posts: 190
    josusa47 said:
    1.  Vinca, 2. Choisya, 3 maybe cherry?
    The choisa was severely damaged by my kids when they built a den, possible to take cuttings from it? How would you go about it.

    The last one is about 1.5m high but it is all over the place so looking to  trim it back, again how would I do this.

    The vinca is it a climber, apologies for all the questions. 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited May 2020
    You can cut the choisya back as hard as you like after flowering has finished - in my experience they always grow back quickly.  I have successfully rooted choisya cuttings like this:
    The last one does look like it's a prunus species and very probably a type of cherry so best not to prune that one for another month or two to avoid getting Silver leaf disease.  If the lower branches are in the way you can remove those completely but in general, don't prune more than 1/3rd of the tree away and always cut just above a bud or side branch.
    The Vinca is more of a scrambler but will climb through other shrubs and can get quite tall when it does that.  If you want it to climb, it will need tying to a support such as trellis as it won't cling very well by itself.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • ThebigeasyThebigeasy Posts: 190
    BobTheGardener said:
    You can cut the choisya back as hard as you like after flowering has finished - in my experience they always grow back quickly.  I have successfully rooted choisya cuttings like this:
    The last one does look like it's a prunus species and very probably a type of cherry so best not to prune that one for another month or two to avoid getting Silver leaf disease.  If the lower branches are in the way you can remove those completely but in general, don't prune more than 1/3rd of the tree away and always cut just above a bud or side branch.
    The Vinca is more of a scrambler but will climb through other shrubs and can get quite tall when it does that.  If you want it to climb, it will need tying to a support such as trellis as it won't cling very well by itself.
    Thanks, the choisya was hacked right backed to ground level by my kids god knows how that branch managed to flower, hopefully the cutting will come good, turns out they had also hacked at that tree too once I started clearing around it, so I cleaned the damage up, just need to see if its okay. Not overly keen on the location of the vinca, When's best to move it if possible? 
  • ThebigeasyThebigeasy Posts: 190
    Upon clearing some of the jungle that is the front garden I found some more plants/weeds that i could do with some help with. Shall put some pictures up. Thanks in advance. 
  • ThebigeasyThebigeasy Posts: 190


    The two in the pots were given to me by a neighbour, the small one was hiding in amongst a strawberry plant he gave me any ideas on what any of these are?
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    Top green leaves plant ....... foxglove?
    Middle of 3 green leaved plant possibly cosmos

  • ThebigeasyThebigeasy Posts: 190
    Mary370 said:
    Top green leaves plant ....... foxglove?
    Middle of 3 green leaved plant possibly cosmos

    Top of the 3 pictures is perhaps foxglove? And excuse my ignorance but these are plants not weeds? 
  • lilysillylilysilly Posts: 511
    The smaller pot on the left is Houtiyana Chameleon. DO NOT plant this into your border .It spreads by thick white roots that can spread far and wide. It will then pop up right in the middle of a plant you treasure and will be impossible to remove as it will grow a new plant from a tiny piece of root left behind.
    The leaves are attractive, it has waxy white flowers. It smells of slightly off oranges. It is a thug in a border but would be ok in a pot, permanently. I think it is sometimes sold as a pond marginal, but I wouldn't risk it there either. 
    I've been trying to get rid of it for years😞
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