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Bit of help required please
Hello.
After taking the forum's advice re pruning grade 1 clematis ( which resulted in a roaring success ) I'm back to seek help once more.
This time I'm hopeful someone out there will be able to help me identify a couple of large shrubs / small trees I see regularly whilst out walking.
This is the first one situated in a local graveyard :
This is the second one in someone's front garden
Many thanks, in advance, for any help anyone can give with this.
Darren
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the first is a Hebe, maybe Midsummer Beauty if i's a big one.
The second looks like the flowers of Aruncus sylvestris which is an herbaceous perennial but looks much like a shrub at this time of year
In the sticks near Peterborough
The first one is a hebe, second looks like an aruncus.
Dave
In the sticks near Peterborough
Dave / Nutcutlet....wow.
After 2 weeks worth of typing ambiguous searches into Google I interact with real people and find the answers within 5 minutes.
Many many thanks to the pair of you.
Ps - The hebe was huge!!
In the sticks near Peterborough
I can't argue with that.
Nut
Read up about pruning the Hebe. If left to their own devices they get very big, spindly and 'empty' in the middle. I trim mine back regularly to get it sprouting lower down the branches. They're one of my favourite flowers and the bees love it.
Can't believe you didn't come here first Darren!
Midsummer Beauty does make quite a large specimen Darren.
Aruncus doesn't seem as popular a plant as it used to be. Someone was asking about one the other day on the forum though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...