More Plant ID's, Your Help Please
Turnipfarmer
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Hey Guys
Since we had nice weather yesterday spent most of the day tidying up the garden and cutting few things back.
There are couple of things that I even left last year and want to get them sorted out this year.
First off is this shrub, didn't bother doing much with it last year but its getting messy and blocking light off other plants. I am not sure what it is and should I cut it back so it will grow a more desirable shape?
Next is that I got two plants growing in the corner of a flower bed and not sure what they are. Any ideas?
Next is this plant. Now I know its a French Lavender as I planted it last year but its looking a bit worse for wear. I presume this is dead and shouldn't look like this at this time of year. Doesn't appear to be any new shoots or fresh growth on it. It surprises me if this is dead as I always thought Lavender is quite hardy.
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Middle looks like aquilegia and tulip/ bulb.
That lavender looks kaput. French ones don't like cold with wet.
Scratch the bark lower down to see if its green underneath.
Morning Turnipfarmer.
The first one looks like a Hebe. The second one I recognise but the name escspes me at the mo, sorry will haveca think. But I'm sure someone on here will know straight away.
Could be lavender, mine don't tend to like my garden and usually die off.
Ooh hi darren, I type a bit slow
Top a hebe
I don't know what the bulb is in 2 but the rest is an aquilegia
3, dead as you feared. French lavender is less hardy than some but they all like good drainage and can suffer in our winters
In the sticks near Peterborough
I wondered if no 2 could be something similar to this lily.
1. Hebe, they don't like being pruned.
2. Aquilegia and I think the bulb might be Agapanthus.
3. Dead lavender
Thanks everyone.
With regard to the Hebe, its just getting too big for its area is in and blocking light to the other plants in the flower bed.
Do you think my options are just leave it or remove it and replace? Or can they be pruned slightly rather than very hard?
1. Hebe.
2. ? Agapanthus,
3. DEAD
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
If its OK, prune again later in the year.
This will reduce its size gradually, or remove it if its restricting other plants.
You could take a few cuttings .
And the last is dead. May as well pull it out.
Behind the hebe is a delphinium.