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Can anyone identify this plant?
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Please can anyone tell me what this plant is?
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Solomon's Seal Charlotte.(Polygonatum) Good for a shady area with it's lovely arching stems of flowers. Watch out for sawfly as they strip the leaves later on. Pick them off if you see them chomping!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairygirl is quite right on the identification and the sawfly warning.......
These catapillers are small and sneaky - they are exactly the samee green as the leaves and they often start on the UNDERNEATH of the leaves so always check - every day if you can - they can strip a whole plant in 24 hours!
lesson learnt here, the hard way........the same little blighters also got my goosgog bushes!
Small and green? Mine are chunky and greyish colour.
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like those
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes I would go with dark grey fat and deserving of a good kicking. I saw the flies themselves around my plants this week, so now is the time to be vigilant.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Yup, singularly unattractive fat grey caterpillars. What do the adult flies look like Punkdoc?
Black with longish legs, slim and about the size of a house fly. They look like something you know will commit evil.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border