Advice need please
andy.mchugh
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Hi All. I recently moved into a property where the previous owner had spent some time and money on a raised border with plants in that I am unfamiliar with. I wondered if you could help me identify the following? Sorry if the images are not as good as they can be.Picture A). Its about 3 feet high (the one that appears to be leaning out of the border) and had blue flowers on in August - October. Does this need pruning/cutting back?
Picture 
. This is the bigger wavy type plant in the
forefront. It is about 5ft high and had purple flowers throughout the summer.
Do I prune/cut this back?
Picture C). some sort of reed/palm? Are these perennials? Do I prune it?
Many thanks in advance
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Pic 2 Verbena Bonariensis - same as above. They also self seed easily, so you may find lots of seedlings around May time
Pic 3 ?? not sure Crocosmia possibly..
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
2 is verbena bonariensis you can cut it down if you want to tidy up or leave the seed heads on for the birds, when it start to shoot in the Spring you can cut it back to wher very you want.
3 is crocosmia, I like to give those dead bits a tug, they will then come away clean, rather than cutting where you will be left with a tatty stalky bit. They will soon be shooting up again. In fact in a closer look, they already are, the lovely bright green shoots to the left of the photo.
Except 3. Could possibly be a small type of Gladiolus or Acidanthera?
I think he is right and probably a Crocosmia.
Do you have a picture of the top of the flower stalks, we can see the stems but no top details. that might help someone confirm the identity.
Or can you remember the flower colour?
The very tall plant leaning right over is likely Thalictrum wich will have clouds of tiny blue flowers late summer, the spiky one below is the sea holly
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
You have inherited some nice plants there Andy.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I agree with Pete, taller blue one Thalictrum, shorter spiky one sea holly (Eryngium).
I think also agree with Kitty that the crocosmia looks like Lucifer. Careful when pulling of the leaves, they are tougher than the thinner varieties so may pull the corm up.