Zone 8 - I'm hoping someone could identify this plant for me.
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Comments (4)Lungwort, pulmonaria. (and I know you didn't ask about the plant at the top right, but that's Aegopodium podagraria, aka, bishop's weed/goutweed, which is a particularly pernicious weed in this part of the country)...See MoreCan someone help me identify this bamboo?
Comments (16)See, thats the "bizarre" part of this. We just purchased this house 2 months ago. The previous owners lived here for about 18 years. Our neighbor planted this in OUR yard (of course it wasn't our yard 15 years ago). Who the heck knows why? I can't even imagine taking one of our indoor potted invasive plants & popping over next door to plant it-lol! The thing is, he's proud of how well it has grown? We'll be putting a fence up in another couple of weeks. So, he'll have to hop the fence to plant the poison oak he's got clippings of:-) May I ask you a question about where to put it? Our house is on a crawl space. I was thinking of putting a clump of it in a shady spot right up against the house & the deck. I'll keep it in check by chopping the rhizomes, as you mentioned. However, if they go under the house (into the crawl) or under the deck, will that be a problem? There is absolutely no light under the crawl & almost completely dark under the deck. Will the plant naturally "not" grow in those areas? I don't want to create a bigger problem. I'm also going to offer the rest up on freecycle or the va board here at gardenweb (free for the digging). Do you think people would want this? Any transplant issues I should know about? Thanks so much....See MoreCould someone identify a begonia for me?
Comments (4)I'm guessing 'Purple Snow'. It should be a light silver with faint purple tinges in the leaf if it is. It probably is young and needs more light. Check the following for a mature picture. http://www.kwekerijhoefnagels.nl/assortment.html...See MoreCould someone identify this for me?
Comments (9)This bedding dahlia is most likely mass propagated by cuttings, and is intended to be treated as an annual. It's also possible that it is from seed, but I doubt it. Seeds normally result in plants with mostly open-centered flowers. Dahlias do not produce seed true to the parent. You CAN dig it up and overwinter, and you CAN divide the tuber clump.... however, my experience with this type of plant has taught me to not bother. But then again, I mostly grow the 3 foot and up varieties, so I'm biased. If this little guy was grown from a cutting and not another tuber, it makes for tough dividing, and what tubers you might get are often scrawny little things that I've had a hard time overwintering. It's better kept as a clump, and before planting out the following spring, you might be able to cut it in half if you can keep a sprout on each half. It most definitely is not Barbershop, which grew to four feet with 5 inch blooms for me last year. Your bedding dahlia IS definitely cute, though!...See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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