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Lots of new plants to learn about

Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 758 ✭
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My brother in law has just moved into a new house.  They aren't interested in the garden but I found lots of new plants I hadn't seen before.  Could you help me identify them, love the fact you never stop learning when it comes to gardening.

1) This is a large shrub, with pine like needles and these pink flowers.

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 2) This again looks like a pine, but it is just so soft...

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3) This tree, great for my nephew to climb when he gets older, but what is it, not sure these are apples.

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 thank you for any help you can give me. 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 24,230 ✭

    I think 1 is a grevillea, couldn't say which one , not very familiar to me

    2 Euphorbia cypariasis

     

    3  pittosprum

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 11,220 ✭

    I think the first one is a grevillea, its the curled flower form I recognise.

    No idea about the others , sorry.

    It's not a mess, it's a nature reserve.
  • chickychicky SurreyPosts: 7,191 ✭

    I agree the first one is a grevllilia - we had one here when we moved in and I took a sprig to Wisley for an ID.  That was in the days before I discovered the Forumimage

    The Stone Age didn’t end because they ran out of stones ......
  • PotsandpansiesPotsandpansies Posts: 124
    Nut is right - Grevillia, Euphorbia and Pittosporum. I have a feeling that when those seed pods of the pittosporum split open, it might have bright orange seeds. I know some species do!
  • Outdoor girlOutdoor girl Posts: 286

    The euphorbia has bright acid yellow flowers in the spring and then spreads like mad! I have just dug up a bucket load; it had tiny red roots. It will be back next year but I just don't want it everywhere.

  • Invicta2Invicta2 Posts: 663

    Reading peanuts question I think in the case of picture 2 he is referring to the plant with blue-green needles, which I think is a juvenile Pinus pinea the Stone pine; the needles will be longer and harder as it ages, at which stage it is best removed.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 24,230 ✭

    https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4FYLeoVL9reEvcOik33GogOV5j2LxhvBvwN2D883KrpMb7BS0og

    I think it's this, Euphorbia cypariasis Fens Ruby'

  • FleurisaFleurisa Posts: 779

    If the plant thought to be euphorbia has a milky white sap (irritant) then it is definitely euphorbia

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