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Can you help with ID please

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
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Two plants in sons garden for ID please 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    First one looks like one of the Spireas, and the 2nd one is yellow Loosestrife -Lysimachia, and it can be a real nuisance. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    you have bindweed in the spiraea too. Also a nuisance
    Devon.
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thanks @Hostafan1yrs his garden is absolutely riddled with bindweed. He keeps pulling it out but knows it’s deep in the soil do you have any good tips to get on top of it? Is the yellow one with keeping for pollinators and embrace a kind of wildlife garden? Xx
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I find it a real thug, but it does like wet ground, so it might be ok in drier gardens. It was useful in our last garden because it was one of the few things rabbits didn't eat. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd stick canes into the ground and let it wind up those, then spray with Roundup when there's enough leaf cover.
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I should have clarified - I was talking about the loosestrife not the bindweed  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    That’s a great idea thanks @Hostafan1and also you @Fairygirl it looks fairly attractive with the yellow flowers. 
  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thanks @Fairygirl 😆 why is the loostrufe a thug? Xx
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It spreads very readily if it's happy.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    I put some by the front gate in 1987 and, due to judicious digging up round the edges, it has now moved 5' away.
    Southampton 
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