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Plant ID please?

margery.diamandmargery.diamand Posts: 2
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Hi - I wondered if anyone could help me identify these plants? Thank you for any help! First time posting here so I hope I've got it right. First 3 pics are of the same shrub, 3rd is of a herbacious perennial - maybe some sort of daisy type flower? Then something with silvery, furry leaves. Thank you!
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited November 2022
    I think the 4th pic is Verbena bonariensis .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I thought it might be Leucanthemum
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    I think the 4th picture is Viburnum bonariensis.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Could the fifth photo be the perennial cornflower, centaurea montana, which usually has blue flowers?
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Hard to tell about the shrub with no leaves.
    4th is Verbena Bonariensis.
    5th furry leaved one could be Stachys Byzantina or Lambs Ear.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited November 2022
    I have no idea what the shrub is you may have to wait until there are leaves unless you are able to give anymore information. I think four is Leucanthemum.  The last Centaura  montana , it has been cut back which is often the case as the old flowering stems often get badly mildewed.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    If you know that the 4th one has a daisy like flower, probably white, then it is leucanthemum, Shasta daisy, but it looks more like Verbena B. My Shasta daisy has a lot more leaves on the stems and my VB looks like your photo with fewer leaves.

    My Centaurea has greener leaves than that. My Stachys has furry silvery leaves.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Both the Verbena and the Leucanthemum have lanceolate or the same shape leaves which can cause confusion in a photo. One of those situations where it is easier if you are standing looking at it. 
    Centaurea has greenish grey leaves where as Stachys really is soft and furry to the touch and much more silver. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Do you have any leaves at the base of the shrub @margery.diamand? Even if they are dried it might help identifying it
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    VB stems are angular. The ones in the ID photo look more rounded
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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