Unidentified plant photos - help needed!

[davidbr]

Since it's pretty much the end of the 2008 "plant season", I've ended up with photos of 8 species I've been unable to identify and, in the interests of rounding everything off in a neat and tidy fashion ready for next year, I was hoping members on here could help me put a name to them!

Some are certainly easier than others, and some have been posted on here (and other forums) one or more times without success. I'm fairly sure they're all identifiable somehow, though, or else I'd have deleted them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions - however unlikely/vague/unsure, they'll all be appreciated

1) Bush-form Lonicera sp:

2) Yellow-berried pyracantha:

3) Silver-leaved labiate (there were many plants like this, so it's not an aberration...):

4) Cotoneaster sp. in flower (may just be Stern's Cotoneaster C.sternanus:

5) Pink-flowered, purplish-leaved cranesbill:

6) Strongly aromatic, low-growing woody herb:

7) Bushy Hypericum (similar to Tutsan but smaller flowers):

8) Probably a Beta sp., maybe Caucasian Beet B.trigyna?:

[Darley]

Got a clearer pic of no. 6?

[aeshna5]

Pyracantha could be the cultivar "Soleil d'or" which is a yellow berried form.

3 is a form of Lamium maculatum called "White Nancy"

6 could be a form of Helichrysum petiolare.

[Tiggrx]

5. looks a bit like Geranium maculatum

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by Darley

Got a clearer pic of no. 6?

That's a little bit better, but I make no pretence of being a skilled photographer! When a lot of these were taken I was still getting used to the digital camera, which explains for example why the colours in that hypericum pic are rather dodgy

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Pyracantha could be the cultivar "Soleil d'or" which is a yellow berried form.

3 is a form of Lamium maculatum called "White Nancy"

6 could be a form of Helichrysum petiolare.

The first two look spot on (which presumably means that pyracantha was an old planting, as far as I know the cultivars are mostly sterile?)

I can't find a lot of info about helichrysum petiolaire, but the abiding feature of the plant in the photo was the strong aroma of the crushed leaves. Does that apply to H. petiolaire?

[Darley]

Originally Posted by davidbr

That's a little bit better, but I make no pretence of being a skilled photographer! When a lot of these were taken I was still getting used to the digital camera, which explains for example why the colours in that hypericum pic are rather dodgy

Yeah much clearer. My first thought was Helichrysum and now I'm sure - petiolare looks good to me. Have you seen it flower?

[KeenTeen17]

the hypericum looks like tall tutsan because of the shiny leaves. Hypericum inodorum.

Tutsan, Tall

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Darley

Yeah much clearer. My first thought was Helichrysum and now I'm sure - petiolare looks good to me. Have you seen it flower?

I've seen it in flower several times, especially in milder areas such as Scilly + had 1 regularly flower in an unheated greenhouse. Generally used as summer bedding/hanging baskets + discarded at the end of summer. It is slightly tender, but 1 survived in the microclimate of a pot on my front step for some years.