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Help identifying these plants!

sophie.hsophie.h Posts: 19
edited January 2023 in Plants
This is my first foray into gardening, so please excuse me for being a bit dim! I've moved into a rented house with some outdoor space, and the previous tenants left a couple of pots. I think the plants are a strawberry and some kind of lavender? I'm hoping someone can identify them, tell me whether they're salvageable, and possibly give me some care tips. 

Thanks!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited January 2023
    Top looks like lavender or maybe rosemary. If it's the prostrate rosemary, it's not very hardy. The other one is probably strawberry but but it could be potentilla
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Does look like lavender and strawberry
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    The lavender looks a bit sad. Hasn't been pruned regularly so it has long bare stems. I would throw it out and get a new one in the spring, they aren't expensive. Or choose something you like.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Hi @sophie.h and welcome!   :)

    I'd agree with - top - nearly dead lavender, and - bottom - not bad-looking strawberries.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • sophie.hsophie.h Posts: 19
    Thanks, everyone! 😊 I shall do away with the deceased lavender.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Start afresh.  Clean pots, fresh compost (pref. John Innes No3).  Grow what you like, and know how to care.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The strawbs will be fine with some fresh soil/compost and some food in a month or two @sophie.h .   :)
    They'll produce runners if they're healthy/viable, which you can pot up for new plants. Strawbs lose their vigour after a few years, so that means you can keep a good crop going. It's always harder when they're potted, but they can certainly be grown in them.
    It's probably worth taking them out and separating them, then putting a couple in a separate pot. They're probably quite congested, and it's too many for the size of the container. 
    I'd agree with the earlier comments re the lavender. Possibly not worth persevering with that, but nothing to lose if you want to give it some tlc. Good drainage needed for them in pots or the ground.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • sophie.hsophie.h Posts: 19
    Excellent, thanks so much for the advice. Looking forward to getting stuck in once it's warmed up a bit! 🥶
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