One new house, a few new gardens, and many unknown plants!
Hi all,
I don't know the best way to post this but I thought that I would focus on a couple of plants at a time in one post? There are several that I think that I know but a dozen or so second opinions are a good thing :)
A bit of history: zone 5a, there are established flower bed on a 2 acre property, the previous owner passed away unexpectedly in January 2014 and there was no family. The property was unoccupied until December 2014 so there was an entire summer without anything but the basic care - grass cutting and hack job (ahem, I mean pruning) by a property management company.
The spring has arrived, I have almost 200 Hostas to move, along with several perennials from my previous home but I can't keep up with what is here. That is besides the point. I need id's so I can determine what stays, what goes and where to plant my existing plants that I need to move here.
Any help would be appreciated and also, is there a better way to post a large quantity of photos? Since the switch, I am a bit lost.
The first one plant is everywhere. I dug it out of one bed already and it had spread very aggressively. It started low and within the last four days (70+ weather) it has bolted.
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8 years agoI suspected that it was something horrible and that it would be something difficult to eradicate. It might be easier to take out the good plants, save them in pots and start over.
Here are a couple of more that need ID's please.
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8 years agoHi floral,
Thank you for your comments, I appreciate your efforts.
The first one I do not think is Delphinium, I have had many in the past and it is darker than those. There are a few here, too and below are comparison pics.
The second one cannot be Oregano as I am zone 5 - unless there is an ornamental type??
The fifth one 'is' a type of weed in my opinion - I am sure of it as I have seen it before in my other gardens but I have never known what it was. Based on the google search of the name that you provided - you nailed it. Thankfully, it pulls easily.
It makes sense that so many of them are weeds/potential weeds due to the fact that the garden was alone for an entire season which enabled so many of them to spread and flourish.
Delphinium
The other plant
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8 years agoHere are the three of them together:
trollius
aconitum
In my garden
Same again
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8 years agoAn update. The vast majority of the garlic mustard is gone...what a job that was! My DH even began to help me, it was that bad.
A photo of the plant that looked like lamb's ear or rose campion. The grey colour doesn't seem to be as predominant.
Aconitum (Monkshood) I don't think this is Trollius because there aren't any buds.
Centaurea montana next to a poppy.
The 'oregano plant'
One small bed before and after photo. There are six beds this size and a large bed about 20' wide by 40' long, plus about 15 shrubs in their own beds and all of these beds were overgrown with garlic mustard. You can see one edge of the large bed in the photo below and a few of the shrubs in the background.
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