By Pamsco
Midlothian, Scotland
Can you recognise any of these plants? And should I be cutting anything in the picture back this autumn?
This is the start of my many questions as I explore my new garden and see what grows I'll need help. I hope I can return the favour as my confidence grows!
Thanks,
Pam
- 31 Aug, 2010
Answers
I right mixed group there!
Top left is Phormium, possibly the variety 'Jester'.
Bottome left is "Montbretia" (Crocosmia x crocosmiflora).
The others are too small in this image to gauge their characteristics. The small white flower could be a Gypsophila but need to see a closer shot.
31 Aug, 2010
Posted at same time...
31 Aug, 2010
Phew! Glad we agree Fractal! :-)
31 Aug, 2010
Thanks so much, I've been posting some other pictures and a blog with close ups. I love the Montbretia - such a splash ofcolour when everything else is fading. Though it is spreadingthrough the gapsof the flags. My other half keeps triming them.
31 Aug, 2010
Also meant to say - the picture is taken looking down from above - it is a corner of the lawn.
31 Aug, 2010
I think you could be right too about the Lychnis coronaria Beattie.
31 Aug, 2010
could those plant mixed with montbretia are bluebells?
1 Sep, 2010
No I don't reckon so, Aimankay
1 Sep, 2010
I'll take closer pics tonight. Ta, Pam
1 Sep, 2010
If the tiny white flowers are associated with the tongue-shaped leaves, it might be German Statice (Goniolimon tataricum).
1 Sep, 2010
I've added a close up - they aren't white flowers they are fluffy seed heads and they have long narrow leaves. They appear to have died back completely.
2 Sep, 2010
Thanks, Pam! Hmmm....No, I don't recognize them, then. Sorry!
3 Sep, 2010
the seed heads are the same plant as bright pinky purple flowers.
4 Sep, 2010
I don't suppose there are any of the bright pinky purple flowers left to photograph..?
4 Sep, 2010
There is one here
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/175017-is-this-invasive/member/pamsco
and I have a better one to post but don't have my camera at the mo
5 Sep, 2010
Nice flower, but I don't know what it is! ;-) I don't think it's invasive or we'd all know it all too well...
5 Sep, 2010
It looks like an Aster of some sort--they don't always wait for an invitation! : )
6 Sep, 2010
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The orange flowered one is montbretia, I think the spikey thing at the back (or left, as the picture's been posted sideways) with pink flushed base to the leaves is a Phormium. The greyish basal rosette in front of the montbretia (to the right in the photo) could be Lychnis coronaria. I don't think I can make out anything else. Can't make out the pinkish floaty thing mixed in with the montbretia - maybe Gypsophila, but it's a bit distant.
31 Aug, 2010