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.
The Vinca (major) isn’t really a climber. It spreads quite quickly and can look quite untidy in no matter of time. I planted them on a dry bank where I wanted evergreen ground cover. They can look nice when in flower but I’ve slowly been taking them out. I found cutting them back hard worked out ok. I prefer the minor / periwinkle.
I take it I have the major variety?
Yes you do. The stems can’t support their own weight so droop and where they touch the ground they will root again and a new plant will grow. This cycle goes on and they can take over large patches of ground in a relatively short term. Give them a go and see what you think. They do make a nice display but it doesn’t last long and they get unruly and untidy. They’re easy to remove though if you decide you don’t like them or you want to contain their spread. They have nice early season flowers and colour for the garden.
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?
Weeds are plants too! Weeds are not a distinct scientific category. The usual definition of a weed is "a plant growing where it's not wanted." So it's up to you: if you don't like foxgloves, it's a weed; if you like them, it's not. Purple foxgloves grow wild in places like field boundaries, but there are lots of cultivated varieties in gardens. Can't tell which yours is until it flowers.
That makes sense I will see what flowers come from them, they seem fairly easy to dig out if I don't like the outcome.
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