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Need help in identifying plants

[Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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Hello,

I am new here and this is my first post.

Last year I took over maintaining my garden, and I am a bit puzzled by what some of the plants are.

I have made a garden plan and listed all the new ones, but have no idea what the rogue ones are. 

I am also stuck as to what is a decent plant and what is a weed and should be taken out. Sorry but it's all new to me!

If I upload photos, can anyone help please?

Also, I want to put some nice year round flowering low maintenance plants into the containers in my front garden. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    Please upload photos. We love trying to identify them. Welcome to the site

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0

    Thanks B3! Will do so tomorrow.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Close ups and from a distance - that will help with an ID image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GinglyganglyGinglygangly Posts: 243

    You'll get loads of help with the plant IDs! there are some real pros on this forum.

    Regarding your containers, most flowering plants have their season of glory when they look fab and then they tend to quietly fade into the background.  Trying to ensure that there is always something in flower is a real challenge, but if you choose different plants that will "perform" at different times of year, and perhaps have attractive foliage when they are not in flower, you might manage to have something in flower all year round. I'm still working on this myself :-) but have almost managed it and can recommend the following (my front garden, where I am trying to achieve this, is very small)

    Daphne Aureomarginata and/or Sarcococca (think that is how it is spelt!) both shrubs that are flowering now. They both smell gorgeous. The Daphne has attractive variegated foliage and clusters of pink flowers. They will do their thing and then sit quietly at the back of the border providing a green foil for later flowering plants. Sarcococca's flowers smell incredibly strong, but they are so tiny you can barely see them, so grown for the scent not the looks!

    Salvia Amistad. BIG perennial, starts flowering in late summer and mine would still be flowering now if I hadn't cut it back. It has very attractive long purple flowers. Grows to about 5ft in my garden, maybe more in full sun.

    Fuchsia Army Nurse. Hardy fuchsia with purple and red flowers. This starts flowering really early (March sometimes) and seems to flower well into late Autumn if you dead head it. Needs some sun, but seems to do well for me with just a few hours a day.

    I saw your other post about your hydrangea. Shame the old one has gone but there are so many lovely ones and they do flower for a long time in summer. Also the drying heads can look quite attractive over winter. Treat yourself to a new one.

    Japanese Anemones - if you grow them in pots you can stop them romping through your borders. Some people love them, some loathe them but they are pretty and flower for months if deadheaded.

    You could also sow some annuals in your pots in a couple of weeks and you should get loads of flowers this summer!

    Good luck! I'm sure you'll get lots of other suggestions.

    GG

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0

    Thanks GG and Fairygirl, that's been very helpful.

    I will look the plants up you have suggested image .

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0

    Having problems uploading photos? 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    start with the camera icon. Not too large a pic, I reduce mine to 30%. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0

    I did that, but it won't upload so then I took photos off tablet and tried to upload but that's not working either.

    Also tried taking on phone then putting photos in gallery but won't upload, or taking and uploading immediately but no joy.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    you need someone with greater expertise than I have image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0

    Oooh bless you, no don't say that.

    I have just emailed the photos to my email and will see if I can attach them from there somehow image

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