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Plant Id please
Liz Warner
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Afternoon. Can I have some help identifying these plants please? First ones popped up in a pot I thought was empty! And the second is growing in several places in a messy bed
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liz
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Could be --1st one Peony
2nd---Hellebore
but I could be completely wrong ????
Hellebores are a spring plant
But I think both these are paeonies
In the sticks near Peterborough
They are both peonies Liz.
oh cool - another hit for the guys
Peonies for sure.
no 1 is Paeonia lactiflora--later flowering and with more splendid flowers--but it looks a bit undernourished to me.
no 2 is probably going to be one of the 'cottage garden' peonies, Paeonia officinalis, perhaps 'Rubra Plena' which is a tough survivor you often find in neglected gardens.
Make sure the growth around them is cleared and as they develop I would feed a bit. The main thing is that if their buds are planted too deeply they won't flower, so if you move them be careful not to set them too deep.
As a rule they are not too keen on prolonged spells in a pot so I'd think about a spot in the open ground you could put the first one.
Hurrah I thought they were both peonies! It's so nice to know I'm learning