Hi everyone - thanks ever so much for the suggestions. I do have dead nettle in the garden and once the rain stops I'm off to crush some leaves !!!
I'm thinking that the plant is a type of stachys and am going to investigate further the particular ones mentioned - I have stachys lanata and stachys macrantha in the garden already and think that 2 other plants which I cannot identify from enquiries with neighbours, internet etc etc and which have square stems may also be stachys varieties - they are yet to flower so no point taking photos, not to mention the weather !!
It's really good to have a forum like this where people are so helpful even though it might seem like stating the obvious for those who recognise the plants immediately.
Hi again - just thought I would let people know that I am now sure the plants is a Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort.
I'm still looking into what the other plants might be now that I have Stachys types as a start. I have a list of varieties to explore and if I have no luck will post again with photos.
Hi everyone - I'm back - let the challenge continue !!
I have 'square eyes' from searching internet etc all very interesting but still unable to identify a couple of plants. I've also been waiting for plants and flowers to develop so that I could get more useful photos.
I'm pretty sure that the first plant is a Stachys variety with fairly distinctive crinkly serrated edged leaves and flowers which do not seem to open much. However, although there are so many varieties of Stachys none seem to match what I have !!
The second unidentified plant - the final 2 photos - has similar characteristics to the Stachys - square stem etc but as these are not exclusve to Stachys I have wondered if it's a type of Phlomis although it's not like a yellow one I have in the garden and unlike ones I have seen in gardens locally !!!
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Like Salino, I think it might be a stachys, they have square stems and usually spread by rhizomes - sylvatica or officinalis
Yes, may have changed my mind!
Hi everyone - thanks ever so much for the suggestions. I do have dead nettle in the garden and once the rain stops I'm off to crush some leaves !!!
I'm thinking that the plant is a type of stachys and am going to investigate further the particular ones mentioned - I have stachys lanata and stachys macrantha in the garden already and think that 2 other plants which I cannot identify from enquiries with neighbours, internet etc etc and which have square stems may also be stachys varieties - they are yet to flower so no point taking photos, not to mention the weather !!
It's really good to have a forum like this where people are so helpful even though it might seem like stating the obvious for those who recognise the plants immediately.
I hope that at some time I can be as helpful.
Hi again - just thought I would let people know that I am now sure the plants is a Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort.
I'm still looking into what the other plants might be now that I have Stachys types as a start. I have a list of varieties to explore and if I have no luck will post again with photos.
Hi everyone - I'm back - let the challenge continue !!
I have 'square eyes' from searching internet etc all very interesting but still unable to identify a couple of plants. I've also been waiting for plants and flowers to develop so that I could get more useful photos.
I'm pretty sure that the first plant is a Stachys variety with fairly distinctive crinkly serrated edged leaves and flowers which do not seem to open much. However, although there are so many varieties of Stachys none seem to match what I have !!
The second unidentified plant - the final 2 photos - has similar characteristics to the Stachys - square stem etc but as these are not exclusve to Stachys I have wondered if it's a type of Phlomis although it's not like a yellow one I have in the garden and unlike ones I have seen in gardens locally !!!
Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions
That's it for now.