Some aliens for ID

[davidbr]

I'm in need of some help to put a name to these, all introductions; some garden escapes, others garden relics.

1: A maple, probably once planted; the nearest I can get is Acer velutinum, Velvet Maple, but that would be a very unusual record.



2: An Elephant's-ears, Bergenia, species; there are two likely candidates, Bergenia crassifolia and the hybrid B. x schmidti, but I've not been able to find any reliable features to distinguish between them



3: One of the "london-pride" saxifrages; does anyone have any idea which?



4: A crab-apple self-sown on a beach, looks to be either Hupeh, Malus hupehensis, or the hybrid M. x robusta, but I can't make up my mind which. I'm not even sure whether M.x robusta is fertile?



5: Some kind of Cornus, perhaps Cornelian-cherry (Cornus mas) after it's finished flowering?



6: Is this Alpine Rock-cress, Arabis alpina, or just the common Garden Rock-cress (Arabis caucasica)?



7: A type of cherry, Prunus sp.;



Thanks, all opinions gratefully appreciated

[Tiggrx]

5. I think you are right that this is Cornelian-cherry

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

5. I think you are right that this is Cornelian-cherry

Thanks, Tiggrx; it's not a plant I'm familiar with, but after looking at all the Cornus species on the BSBI database and in my field guide of trees of Britain and Europe, I couldn't come up with anything else..

Like all the rest of these, it was photographed in the woods above West Porlock, in Somerset, apparently the site of a former private garden abandoned since the 1960's. It's fairly well known as one of the few locations for Maianthemum kamtschaticum, False Lily-of-the-valley, which has spread throughout most of the woodland and is now the dominant groundcover

[davidbr]

I could also use an opinion on this speedwell (Veronica sp.). It's probably just Veronica persica, Common Field-speedwell, but for some reason it just seemed slightly different...