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Can anyone identify this plant

PotteringMadPotteringMad Posts: 94
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Hi 😁. I have 2 lovely ‘shrubs’ in the garden which up to now have been lush and green. The have gone very brown & im trying to find out if they have died. However I as i dnt know what they are i cnt troubleshoot them. Can anyone help? They were soft and feathery and in spring last year had very tiny pinkish flowers. They are drying and dropping fine spines. Thanks! 

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  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    Just a guess as I don't really know..is it Tamarisk?
  • Tanty2Tanty2 Posts: 231
    This is how lots of grasses look over the winter.  You could chop off the brown bits (give it a good, straight, low-down haircut!), then wait and see what it looks like in the green - it should be much easier to identify.  A quick look on the RHS for a deciduous grass with pink flowers suggests it might be a Pennisetum or Miscanthus.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    It's not a grass.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • PotteringMadPotteringMad Posts: 94
    Bilje said:
    Just a guess as I don't really know..is it Tamarisk?
    I dnt think its that 🙂
  • PotteringMadPotteringMad Posts: 94
    Tanty2 said:
    This is how lots of grasses look over the winter.  You could chop off the brown bits (give it a good, straight, low-down haircut!), then wait and see what it looks like in the green - it should be much easier to identify.  A quick look on the RHS for a deciduous grass with pink flowers suggests it might be a Pennisetum or Miscanthus.
    Hi 🙂.  Def not a grass.  They are woody stemmed. I thought it might be bullet bush - larentia- but theyre not that either. Im stumped
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Could it be a frost damaged Diosma Ericoides? 
  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    Is it a type of Diosma?

    I found my one died but this was helped by something trampling on it a few times.
    https://www.youtube.com/user/sustainableveg/videos
  • PotteringMadPotteringMad Posts: 94
    Borderline said:
    Could it be a frost damaged Diosma Ericoides? 

    Hi there after googling that plant that is what they are! Thank you very much. Im sad to say i think they have bit the dust after snow and frost earlier this year 😢, gutted
  • PotteringMadPotteringMad Posts: 94
    robairdmacraignil said:
    Is it a type of Diosma?

    I found my one died but this was helped by something trampling on it a few times.
    Yip thats what they are, the frost has seen them off 😢
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