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Need Help Identifying these plants.

4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

There are various plants on our newly acquired property (zone 5) that we are unfamiliar with and would like help in identifying.


The first plant is still potted, was told it will have yellow flowers, what is its name ?


Pictures #2 picture is from a plant with vibrant blue blooms, the branches are flopping all over, it might be veronica, but not sure. Should it be tied up?


Picture #3 is an aggressively low growing plant with variegated leaves and white blooms. It creeps all over and pops up in between neighboring plants.


Pictures #4,5 and 6 are showing a ca 5' tall shrub in the center ( just behind the hosta) with green/ white/ pink variegated leaves with two green shrubs behind, one to the left and another to the right. None of them have bloomed yet, will they ever?

I have now corrected the numbering of pictures, sorry about the earlier confusion.














Comments (6)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    With the caveat that it's 2am and I'm not entirely coherent...1&6 are a salvia cultivar, grown in too much shade. You can tie them up for now, but the best thing is to sheer them back to the leaves after bloom. Then next Spring move them to more sun. #2 is Aegopodium podagraria 'variegatum', Bishop's weed. I'm sorry, lol. The variegated shrub looks to be a weigela cultivar, possibly 'My Monet'. It will bloom, probably pink. I'm not sure of the shrubs to either side; possibly a shrubby honeysuckle. But someone will ID them more accurately. The potted plant looks like a rudbeckia.

    EDIT: it does look like I can't count, lol. In my defense, I was going by the designated numbers supplied in the text of the original post, with the potted plant *first*, but unnumbered, since it was intended to be the last photo, not the first, and #1 starting with the following photo, the first salvia, lol.

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  • 4 years ago

    many of us prefer only one or two IDs per post..


    the first in the pot is a weed.. that i have been killing for decades. that i never learned the anme of.. lol ..


    in all ID posts.. tell us where the plant is.. big city name ...


    you also have the very aggressive bishops weed in the pix.. im not scrolling up again of the tenth time.. it has certain world domination needs if left unchecked... its the variegated ground cover.. not the variegated shrub...


    the salvi flopped perhaps from too much fert.. if it happened to get any from the lawn ... or the shade theory. the plant probably need to be split in fall.. to rejuvenate the plant into a more vigorous young plants... maybe you can plant some where you remove the bispos weed.. lol ..


    and im wondering if you have too many burning bushed.. which are invasive in many area..


    but whatever they are.. they have not been maintained well .. and are too big to be planted that close to the house. .. so just remove them.. as i know you can do so much better ...


    ken


    im confused fig thinks the first isnt the weed ive been killing ... lol ...

  • 4 years ago

    Ken's right, those burning bushes are much too large for the space (plus they're coarse and dull for most of the year). You could whack them down but they would quickly grow right back and block your windows again. After removing them, please take a new photo so we can enjoy suggesting replacements ;)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    As floral_uk requested, I have just added a picture of leaves to find out if we are dealing with Honeysuckle or Burning Bush ? We pruned these shrubs only lightly in early spring, not knowing what most of them were and what size they would grow into in one season, and beyond. We now realize that they should have been pruned way more...

    Re floral_uk's question if the bush with variegated leaves might be Weigela or Dogwood, I also added a close up. The leaves are opposite each other, and rather thin (and more delicate than the leaves on our wine and roses weigelia). As I inspected them, to my horror I noticed a spittle like white foamy substance on almost all leaf stems, and many leaves show damage! When googling this I came up with spittlebug...I have neem oil and insecticidal soap here, will this work ???

    And OMG, I was not familiar with and did't know how nasty bishops weed can be, although after having dealt with it for only a few months I have no love left for it. Its gotta go ! It is presently in bloom, will deal with the blooms first thing tomorrow A.M., and then the rest of the plant.



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  • 4 years ago

    Thanks. Yes, that’s Burning Bush and Dogwood.


    Personally, I would take no notice of the spittle bugs, especially on something as common and robust as a variegated Dogwood.