Gardening tips.

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Oh, don’t know how I did that lol
It appears to have been resolved...

The blue one has the look of Lobelia - I hacked a load back last night.

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Earlier on this year...

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BobClay

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Just to put a spanner in the works, they look like roses to me, old fashioned shrub or ramblers. Leaves, buds (on the red one), thorns and habit.

Shrub shrub roses, they are good Victorian rambler roses by the way they are heading off into the tree.

I just knew it would get complicated. THAT'S WHY I DON'T DO GARDENING. :facepalm:
 

littleme

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I’ve got some plants and I’m not sure what they are any ideasView attachment 8652View attachment 8653View attachment 8654
1st looks like a marigold, no idea on 2nd, third is definatly a lobelia

Just to put a spanner in the works, they look like roses to me, old fashioned shrub or ramblers. Leaves, buds (on the red one), thorns and habit.

Shrub shrub roses, they are good Victorian rambler roses by the way they are heading off into the tree.
I'm agreeing with @Noah, they both look like rambler roses.
 

BobClay

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You could try the Seek app. Load it up and photograph your plant for identification. Not 100% reliable on trees but still pretty good.

Did that and both have come out as Roses but of an unidentified type.

THAT'S IT, I'M GOING TO CONCRETE THE ENTIRE GARDEN OVER .... :roll::q:
 

BobClay

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I tested the Seek app on the two trees and it said: European Ash for the Ash tree (I'll be explaining Brexit to it later) and Sessile Oak for the Oak tree. I tried it on another bush/tree thing on the other side of the garden and it said: Amygdaloideae. I'm sorry, but that App is taking the piss out of me ... :eek:
 

BobClay

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Can I assume that these (unidentified) roses and the Archaeopteryx thingy Seek identified will give the bees something to loot ... ? :raise:

(I can't deny this Seek App is going to have me assaulting plants all over the place on walks.) :teef:
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Just to put a spanner in the works, they look like roses to me, old fashioned shrub or ramblers. Leaves, buds (on the red one), thorns and habit.

Shrub shrub roses, they are good Victorian rambler roses by the way they are heading off into the tree.
My spanner too, sorry @Carole love, but I think they're roses too. Peonys don't normally grow so big, or the ones we had up Crab Lane didn't. x
 

Lucy

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'You'll have to ask her' isn't offering to explain stuff.

Anyway, this is about gardening. Today, after 5 years of coming out of the end of the drive, the polypipe that feeds the bottom of the garden was dug in and connected to the mains. We no longer need to roll out an 80m hose to water the greenhouse (if the water butts are empty).
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Anyway, this is about gardening. Today, after 5 years of coming out of the end of the drive, the polypipe that feeds the bottom of the garden was dug in and connected to the mains. We no longer need to roll out an 80m hose to water the greenhouse (if the water butts are empty).
I did that a while back - and fitted the tap in the greenhouse, for added availability in the winter.

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It does mean that the door has to be open an inch, if the hose is the be used outside, but that's not a huge issue in the times when a hose is likely to be used.
 

Lucy

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There is water in the greenhouse, the polypipe has come up from underneath, a copper run attaches to it that is controlled by a solenoid valve (itself controlled by a raspberry pi) with a dripper kit attached for plants on the shelving, and a soaker hose for those in the ground. There is pipe in place for the other greenhouse, which I am told is getting moved this winter.
 
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