Some plants for ID

[davidbr]

Hopefully I should be able to bring my diary thread up to date over the next couple of days, but with these ones I'm in need of some ID suggestions. Many of them are from my summer trip to the Scilly Isles, so they probably won't appear in the majority of books - any ideas will be very welcome

There are quite a few of them

1: Sown on a wall at Tresco Abbey Gardens, Isles of Scilly;



2: A Pelargonium, established as a weed in the Tresco flowerbeds



3: I'm presuming this is a type of Sedum, also naturalised at Tresco Abbey Gardens



4: A succulent, this time on the dunes at Tresco.



5: On a wall in Hugh Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly;



6: Lower Moors nature reserve, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 16th June;



Any help gratefully appreciated

[Tiggrx]

1. I saw plenty of this when I visited Tresco, but none flowering. Am fairly sure that it is Francoa ramosa

3. Crassula coccinea

4. Would be nice to know which leaves go with the flowers. The first picture the leaves look like a Carpobrotus but the flowers don't. In the second picture there are also leaves which look like Lampranthus falciformis. I think the flowers are probably a Lampranthus of some sort.

5. Looks vaguely like Asparagus densiflorus - but a bit too fleshy...

6. A Gladiolus, perhaps G. x colvillei

good to see you back David

[Hedera]

There is a variety of Lampranthus called Tresco Red!

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

1. I saw plenty of this when I visited Tresco, but none flowering. Am fairly sure that it is Francoa ramosa

3. Crassula coccinea

4. Would be nice to know which leaves go with the flowers. The first picture the leaves look like a Carpobrotus but the flowers don't. In the second picture there are also leaves which look like Lampranthus falciformis. I think the flowers are probably a Lampranthus of some sort.

5. Looks vaguely like Asparagus densiflorus - but a bit too fleshy...

6. A Gladiolus, perhaps G. x colvillei

good to see you back David

Many thanks, Tiggrx - the first two look spot on to me and, having studied all the photos I can find of Asparagus densiflorus online, I'm convinced that's number five. So, a few more off my Unidentifieds folder

Still plenty remaining, though!

[davidbr]

7: A shrub in Abbey Wood, alongside the Abbey Gardens on Tresco;



8: An Echium sp., also from the Scilly Isles (Higher Town on St Agnes);



9: Some kind of Aloe (??), established on a wall of the main park in Hugh Town, St Mary's



10: Another mystery shrub, also from Abbey Wood next to the Abbey gardens on Tresco



11: A casual on dumped soil, by a newly-built mid-Wales road.



12: Presumably either a species of stonecrop or houseleek, from Tresco



13: I can't make up my mind; could this one (from St Mary's on the Scilly Isles) possibly be Shore Dock (Rumex rupestris)



14: A species of crucifer, from the Avon Gorge in Bristol;



As with before, any and all help greatfully appreciated

[Tiggrx]

The only one I can do immediately is:

7. Pittosporum crassifolium

[aeshna5]

8 looks like a small Echium pininana ( can grow to 2 metres or more, but sometimes small specimens occur) This species is common on Scilly/Cornmall, though other exotic Echium + hybrids also occur.

11 Looks like a Gazania, maybe G. rigens.

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

8 looks like a small Echium pininana ( can grow to 2 metres or more, but sometimes small specimens occur) This species is common on Scilly/Cornmall, though other exotic Echium + hybrids also occur.

Any idea which ones, because I'm struggling to find the details?

[Tiggrx]

a couple of unsure guesses:

Originally Posted by davidbr

9: Some kind of Aloe (??), established on a wall of the main park in Hugh Town, St Mary's

Aloe maculata?

Originally Posted by davidbr

12: Presumably either a species of stonecrop or houseleek, from Tresco

Aeonium cuneatum

[Insomniak]

Originally Posted by davidbr

1: Sown on a wall at Tresco Abbey Gardens, Isles of Scilly;

This looks identical to the Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) growing in my garden ... or at least I always *thought* it was Nipplewort!