Unknown plant - can anyone name it please?

sinzo

Hi folks,

Can anyone here identify these plants in my garden?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

Sinzo

Greengage · Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:27 pm Post subject:

unfortunatly they are upside down I guess they are solidago if you can put them upright ill have another look

member11809 · Guest

turned it right side up for op do not know what it is tho

Margo · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:14 am Post subject:

Its seems to have a different leaf to solidago or Golden rain (yellow flower) as I call it. It looks like flax to me. If its got blue flowers.

Silver surfer · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:35 am Post subject:

I hope I am wrong... but.....
It looks very much like Chamaenerion angustifolium.
Commonly called Rosebay willow herb.

I would like to see a new pic showing the flowers when they appear.

http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/onagraceae/chamaenerion-angustifolium.htm

member11809 · Guest

Silver surfer · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:34 am Post subject:

It is a weed!
An invasive pest .

Margo · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:56 pm Post subject:

Greengage · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:12 pm Post subject:

I think solidago because its growing in a herbaceous border note there are no other weeds around and it looks like it has been planted on purpose.

Good guy · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:28 pm Post subject:

Looks like rosebay willow herb to me. It spread into my garden last year, the roots growing under the fence from a bank above the county road. Now it has seeded elsewhere in the garden. I'm relying on Roundup to eliminate it.

Silver surfer · Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:38 am Post subject:

I would still like to see a new pic showing the flowers when they appear.
I could be wrong.
Do not do anything... yet!

sinzo · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:17 am Post subject: Unidentified plant

Lads the unknown plant is now starting to flower. Any fresh ideas?

sinzo · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:18 am Post subject:

Here's another angle

Margo · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:25 am Post subject:

Is it a Phlox

Silver surfer · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:48 am Post subject:

Pink flower buds rule out Solidago.
Flowers are yellow.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Solidago&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Rx28UeTgEoaZPciOgfgE&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=997&bih=456

Flax has blue flowers so can also be ruled out.
Flax leaves very thin and narrow.

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_SB25259&res=640

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=linum+usitatissimum&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yB28UdvGDcSZPZ7OgdAL&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=997&bih=456

Not Phlox either.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=phlox+paniculata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uBy8UbbxAYSrPK_cgdAD&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967

Definitely Rose bay willow herb.
Just wait a couple more days and compare open flowers to link!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VBy8UZi8KuuW0QW2g4CgCg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=997&bih=456&q=Chamaenerion%20angustifolium.