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Plant ID please

geum keenbutgreengeum keenbutgreen Posts: 508
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We inherited this plant from a former owner of the house, which has been languishing here by the garage in a pot and looking a bit sad. 

I want to free it and plant it in the ground to give it room to grow ... but I don't know what it is, so it would be great if someone could ID it so I can make sure it goes in the right place with the right care. It's an evergreen if that helps.

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 Plus, does anyone know why pics keep uploading in landscape format when they've been taken as portrait? They're fine until I put them on here!

 

Thanks!

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  • AdriAdri Posts: 16
    It's a

    Rhododendron.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,364

    Yes.

    Partial shade, and an acid soil.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • geum keenbutgreengeum keenbutgreen Posts: 508

    Oh right, thanks Adri! Not familiar with them... have just looked online, possibly a Ponticum Variegatum?

    My soil isn't acid, is there a way I can plant it out without murdering it?

  • geum keenbutgreengeum keenbutgreen Posts: 508

    Thanks Punkdoc! - I have a shady spot for it, it's just my soil that's not right.

  • Laura FowlerLaura Fowler Posts: 19

    Can anyone identify these plants. Many thanks.

    https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/13059462_10208804053675876_1598260359_n.jpg?oh=18527ee2ed28ac889e18bbaf4449aabb&oe=5717D887

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391

    You will never get it out of that shape of pot without breaking it, keenbutgreen.

    I would recommend scraping off as much of the top of the compost as you can and then replacing with a 50/50 mix of John Innes #3 and ericacious.  Do that every 2-3 years and feed it with something recommended for acid-loving plants (I use Wilkos own brand which doesn't cost a lot and gives good results.)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • UnknownUnknown

    Laura - Hello image You might be best starting a new thread with your question - people who have looked on this one might not come into it again image

  • HCAHCA Posts: 129

    Laura, the white flowers are a type of Rhodohypoxis, they also come in various shades of red and pink.

  • Laura FowlerLaura Fowler Posts: 19

    Many thanks Jinxy, I'll keep this in my next time I want an ID. Thanks HCA, you're a star.

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