Plant IDs and advice please.
Since it's such a dreary day today i'd thought i'd get some plant IDs checked by the fabulous plant detectives here! Up-loading pictures has proven frustratingly difficult. I've included links in case they don't work.
The previous owners planted some "shrubs" along a 2.5m tellis to provide privacy.These have grown and are jostling for space. There are at least four with a fairly healthy, but vigorous forsynthia that's swamping a camellia. The camellia has only managed to provide one orange bloom so far and developed what appears to be a gnarly and sap-oozing trunk during early spring, which has subsided a bit now - is that normal?
Then there's this variegated privet type plant that had tiny black and yellow, but short-lived blooms early spring:
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And then there's this small shrub under the forsynthia, which had pretty pink loose trumpet type flowers during early spring, but is being smothered by the forsynthia.
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I'm looking to try and thin out the herd a little. Should I just trim back, or remove something entirely, like the "privet" for instance? I Could then transplant the pink-flowered plant there to give it more space?
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Well I now know what works!
Re: pink flowered shrub:
More "privet":
The one under the forsythia is a flowering currant, Ribes sanguneum. If you like it move it out from there. It would be most likely to survive if done in the dormant season.
The variegated one isn't privet, they have white flowers later. I think it's a euonymus but don't know which one.
In the sticks near Peterborough
oooh a currant - how exciting! I'll definitely save that and move it somewhere more suitable. Thanks Nutcutlet. The euonymus is quite a beast. I don't particularly like it and it's not very wildlife friendly - except of course for the spider photo-bombing in the picture.
If you don't like it dump it. That's my new rule for this year
In the sticks near Peterborough
No 3 might be pittisporum
Couyld well be Hostafan, the picture of the whole bush doesn't look like a euonymus
In the sticks near Peterborough
my rule is keep or move what you really like and dig up and give away anything you dont, its surprising how many people are delighted to get a mature shrub that i dont like, one problem is i generally have to live with it until the autumn but at least can root prune in preparation
No3 is variagated privet or golden privet Ligustrum ovalifolium Aureum.
I think that's quite probable hostafan as that species has similar black and yellow flowers, whereas I couldnt find any euonymus with that colouration of flowers.
I'm tempted to replace it with a jasmine as it's quite a sunny spot and there's a path adjacent to it. Are jasmines a useful plant from a wildlife perspective? Otherwise I may just turn it into a mini border and plant sunflowers.
I still cant fathom why the previous owners would plant a currant under all that, unless it was an escapee.
It's a flowering currant not a fruit bush. They were probably all small when planted and as someone who never leaves enough space I know what the result of that is
In the sticks near Peterborough