Some garden plants for ID

[djeyewater]

Hope its okay if I post some pics of plants in my garden for ID. All are from my garden in the East Midlands except #3 which was taken in Sussex.

#1 Ranging from about 30cm - 1m tall, the flowers are about 1cm diameter


#2 I think this is quite common as a hedge, small pink flowers


#3 This pic is quite old, I can't remember quite how big the flowers were but I'd guess 1cm-1.5cm


#4 Grows from about 50cm up to probably a couple of meters against the fence at the bottom of our garden. Flowers about 2cm diameter


#5 Large daisy with a slightly purple tint. About 5-6cm diameter. About 20cm tall.


#6 Some grass, about 30cm-50cm


Thanks

Dave

[Tiggrx]

1. Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) - a double flowered form maybe 'The Pearl'
2. Escallonia ?
3. Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)
4. Some sort of Solanum
5. Osteospermum

[Bub-les]

agree with Tiggrx about the flowers and shrubs
the grass could be a wavy hair Deschampia sp or a bent grass Agrostis sp.
Barbara

[djeyewater]

Thanks for the help, I think #4 is Solanum crispum.

Dave

[rscott74]

Re Loosestrife. Have you got rid of it?
I have it in my garden and it seems indestructable although I haven't used a JCB to dig it out. I've thrown the odd clump here and there and it just makes itself at home and it reappears from the smallest piece of root.

[djeyewater]

No, we didn't get rid of the Loosestrife, it was only in a small part of the garden, didn't seem to spread at all and looks quite nice when flowering. We've moved house since I took that pic, and don't have any Loosestrife in our garden here.

Have you tried painting weed killer on the leaves?

Dave

[Paul mabbott]

I've never heard of the Lysimachia being called a loosestrife - a name I always associate with a completely unrelated species: purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria which, apparently is a problem invasive species in Canada: Purple Loosestrife Brochures

We have the Lysimachia growing at the end of our garden where it's one of the few flowers which will tolerate the shade - it shows no inclination to spread.

Originally Posted by djeyewater

No, we didn't get rid of the Loosestrife, it was only in a small part of the garden, didn't seem to spread at all and looks quite nice when flowering. We've moved house since I took that pic, and don't have any Loosestrife in our garden here.

Have you tried painting weed killer on the leaves?

Dave

[poschiavanus]

I've never heard of the Lysimachia being called a loosestrife - a name I always associate with a completely unrelated species: purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria which, apparently is a problem invasive species in Canada: Purple Loosestrife Brochures

There have been several threads about Dotted Loosestrife recently, here's one . I have a feeling that the generic names Lysimachia and Lythrum have similar roots in the name of a Greek king (perhaps this one), and acquired their english names from the latin/greek. I don't have Flora Britannica or Grigson's English Plant names to hand, so might have muddled some of this up.

Dotted Loosestrife spreads from rhizomes. I know several gardens, and the odd churchyard where it might be regarded as pest. It also has started to appear in patches in some Nature Reserves I know, quite a long way from gardens, so perhaps a throw-out.

Purple Loosestrife is generating a huge amount of effort by both professional and amateur naturalists in North America. One project I'm familiar with "Life on the Purple Loosestrife" which is coordinated by Jenn Forman Orth. Her Massachusetts backyard hosts a range of wonderful insects like the Luna Moth and the amazing fishfly.

poschiavanus