Help on identifying plants?

plant_newbie_2010

16 years ago

Hi, I just moved into a new house recently, and being a total plant noob, I don't know what is growing in the garden! Any help would be greatly appreciated, since I have a dog, and dare not let her into the garden yet, in fear of poisonous plants. I provided a photobucket link to a group, in which are pictures of all my backyard plants. They have been labelled from Plant 1-17. Some of them are a bit sparse because it's winter, but I really hope someone could help me name them.

Here is a link that might be useful: theGarden

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flora_uk
16 years ago
1,2 = Camellia 3,4 = Azalea 5 = Dogwood (Cornus) 6 ?
7,8 Not a fir person 9,10 = Buxus 11,12 = Rose 13,14,15 = Eunoymous (fortunei?) 16 = Acer 17 ?. Best I can do not knowing your zone/ location.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
16 years ago
Flora, I think your numbers are a bit out of order :-) (maybe they reverse them in the UK??) The OP's member page says Canada and judging by the selection and condition of the plants in midFebruary, I'd guess coastal B.C, therefore a climate much like yours.

1 - hydrangea
2-6 & 12 - roses
7 - pieris
8 - rhododendron
9 - weeping laceleaf Japanese maple
10 - can't see clearly enough
11 - wintercreeper, Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
13 - boxwood
14 - dwarf spruce
15 - Coral bark Japanese maple
16 - azalea
17 - camellia

newbie, I'd not be overly concerned about letting your dog out to run freely in the garden, unless she is still in the chewing puppy stage. Far more plants are poisonous or toxic to some degree than those that are not (including a good many we grow as food) and the instances of pets being poisoned from landscape plants is very rare. Many, many gardeners are pet owners as well and have gardened for years with both their four-legged friends and an assortment of toxic plants without incident. Dogs generally don't rate vegetation very high on their preferred menus, anyway :-)
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plant_newbie_2010
Original Author
16 years ago
Wow! Thanks to both of you ! It was really helpful! Amazing how you guys know what they are just looking at those blurry pictures ! I'll probably wait for leaves to come out first on number 10 before I post again, it does seem like some sort of tree though. Haha! But at least i'll feel safer letting my dog out now! Thanks a lot!=D
kal2769
16 years ago
You have a very nice Japanese inspired garden there, congrats! I love the plant mix that the Japanese use; I'd be curious to see what perennials will be making an appearance in the spring. Judging by the roses I'd say you have a good chance of getting a few flowers showing up here or there.
flora_uk
16 years ago
I see what happened gardengal. If you actually click on a pic it comes up '1 of 38...' or whatever. I was using those numbers ie in that case '1' rather than the nos on the initial view. I was doing it while flipping between Gweb, the winter Olympics and cooking supper. I also seem to have got side tracked and missed some out. Sorry! We actually agree on a lot if you ignore the numbering!

Kal - what makes you call it a Japanese inspired garden? I am sure it is very pretty in season but to me it looks like a normal selection of common shrubs on acid soil.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
16 years ago
flora, I figured it was something like that :-) And I did notice we had arrived at many of the same ID conclusions.

I'd wonder at the assessment of a "Japanese inspired" garden as well - looks to me like a pretty basic assemblage of rather common mild zone (7 or 8) landscape plants. Japanese or Asian inspired gardens are not just plant selection but rather how the garden is laid out and designed to reflect the greater aspects of nature in miniature. I don't see that here........