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What are these plants?

tracyboyd112tracyboyd112 Posts: 10
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Hi could you please identify these 2 plants one is in my bedding planter not sure if its a weed and the shrub I planted about 5 years ago and can't remember what it is, hasn't flowered yet was about 4 and a half foot and have pruned it. 
Thanks

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think the top one is achillea ptarmica.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The top photo looks like a Michaelmas daisy.  Not sure about the bottom one - leaves look rose-like, but can we have a photo from the side, showing the base of the plant please?
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I thought the bottom one looks like a rose too but it should have flowered after 5 years, unless you have pruned the flowers off. Has it got thorns?
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • tracyboyd112tracyboyd112 Posts: 10
    I hope this helps  I pruned the plant about a week ago 

  • tracyboyd112tracyboyd112 Posts: 10
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    I thought the bottom one looks like a rose too but it should have flowered after 5 years, unless you have pruned the flowers off. Has it got thorns?
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    I thought the bottom one looks like a rose too but it should have flowered after 5 years, unless you have pruned the flowers off. Has it got thorns?
    No it has no thorns.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Thanks for the 2nd photo - I think you have an elderberry tree there and would take it out - definitely not suitable for a planter or even a small border.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • tracyboyd112tracyboyd112 Posts: 10
    Thanks for your help
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    BobTheGardener said:
    Thanks for the 2nd photo - I think you have an elderberry tree there and would take it out - definitely not suitable for a planter or even a small border.
    Yes, I agree ... Sambucus nigra ... Elder

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





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    So do I, definitely not rose stems!
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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