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Hattie Elizabeth
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Hi, can anyone tell me what these plants are please?
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Hattie Elizabeth
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I agree with Muddle-up and I think the shrub in your top picture could be Symphoricarpos or snowberry. It can become invasive if not kept in check. As there are gazillions of hostas I will hope the resident expert on here will catch up with this post and identify it for you
And there's a little wild strawberry peeking out under the hosta.
Does anyone know what these bugs are that are destroying my blueberries
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Julie
Ooh yes well observed! I have lots of wild strawberries coming up this year!
Julie - have they got brown heads? Can't make it out from the photo, but if they have they are vine weevil grubs, which eat the roots of plants. Lift your blueberry and check the roots, you will probably find more. Squish them or eliminate them by other means if preferred.You may even have to wash off all the compost if you can't get at the middle of the rootball. Repot it in fresh ericaceous compost , water well and keep watered if weather is dry. Either spread the old compost out on a bag for the birds to pick through or dispose of it.
You can water plants in pots with Provado insecticide or you can get nemotodes to water on the soil that target vine weevils. It is worth checking your other pot plants' roots, and watch out fo unexplained wilting, often the first sign of weevil grub activity.