Can someone please help me identify these plants? I've just moved into a house with an existing garden, and we (the garden and I, that is) are in the process of getting acquainted: Also, what's happening to my cedar? Are the little buds on the ends signs of new growth or distress?
4. Looks like Linaria purpurea. It will seed around the garden, but is easy to weed out, if you wish. It also comes in pink, over here that is called L.purpurea Canon Went. The white one is L.purpurea Springside White. See..... http://images.google.com/imgres?img...microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SUNA&sa=N
#1 - Can you get a close-up of the leaves and shoot, please? Possibly Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia from the thorns on the shoot, but the leaf shape isn't quite right for that. #2 - Might be a willow Salix seedling. #3 - Don't know! #4 - Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea. #5 - Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis (not a cedar Cedrus). The 'buds' are cones, containing seeds; they will turn brown and open out to release the seeds in September or October.
Yes, could be; what I thought at first were thorns, are actually sunlit bases of leaf petioles on the other side of the shoot. So not thorny after all.
Here's a closeup of #1: I've looked up images of Juglans, and I'm not sure that this is it. My plant has softer, thinner leaves. A friend thinks it's a chestnut tree. Problem is, it's growing right next to my pear tree, and their leaves wilt and die where they touch. The pear tree is suffering from serious fire blight, and I'm trying to decide which plant to save. Could #2 be a butterfly bush? And could #3 be lamb's quarters? When I first moved into the house, 2 months ago, these were growing rapidly, reaching beyond 4 feet. I cut them back (can't get to the roots because they're between fences), and now they're back with a vegence. If they are lamb's quarters, should I fight or try to live with them?
