Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 06, 2010 6:56 pm Can anyone tell me what these are? I'm very new to this whole plant world. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ what are these red/orange flowers? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ these purple things are mixed among the red/orange ones. its one big jumbled mess. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ is this dark green thing a fig? it has a really thick trunk and little hard fruits. the leafy green in the top corner is my peach tree which has provided me some fantastic big peaches! and of course i realize those monstrous things in between are weeds.. they plague my yard and some are taller than me. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ this tall plant is on my other fence line next to this green waxy leaved plant Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ which i believe may be a camellia.. and next to that is this pretty flowering bush I am thinking may be another sort of camellia.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ can anyone shed some light on these thanks. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 2Jan 06, 2010 7:19 pm picture 2 is one of the "hebe" 's. they come in 2 leaf forms and a variety of colours and a plain green and variegated leaf. I'm sure Fu will be able to give you heaps more info and identify exactly which one it is . Re: identifying some plants or weeds 4Jan 06, 2010 9:03 pm brydz05 Can anyone tell me what these are? I'm very new to this whole plant world. http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure868.jpg what are these red/orange flowers? trumpet creeper (campsis) I think brydz05 http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure869.jpg these purple things are mixed among the red/orange ones. its one big jumbled mess. http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure874.jpg is this dark green thing a fig? it has a really thick trunk and little hard fruits. the leafy green in the top corner is my peach tree which has provided me some fantastic big peaches! and of course i realize those monstrous things in between are weeds.. they plague my yard and some are taller than me. Yes - it's a fig of some sort (the fruit may not necessarily be edible) brydz05 http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure877.jpg this tall plant is on my other fence line next to this green waxy leaved plant http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure878.jpg which i believe may be a camellia.. Possibly brydz05 and next to that is this pretty flowering bush I am thinking may be another sort of camellia.. http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure879.jpg Definitely Hope that helps. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 5Jan 06, 2010 9:09 pm hey thanks I just worked out that it was a trumpet vine myself. I had seen a similar shaped one where the word trumpet was used and google searched it and sure enough thats definitely it. After little research I find that although it is pretty coloured the trumpet vine is very aggressive and hence why about 80% of the underlying hebe is dead. I may just be able to save what is left. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 6Jan 07, 2010 5:39 pm Re: identifying some plants or weeds 8Jan 08, 2010 12:47 pm I editted the post to show the images The orange flower is a Radermachera. (The Aisa bell tree has the white flowers most commonly) Hebe "Wiri Charm" A Fig of one description or another (fruit will be the guide for that) Ardisia crenata (Coral berry) Caprosma repens (Mirror Bush) Somesort of rambling or climbing rose and Cecile Brunner is a common one so lets go with that Re: identifying some plants or weeds 9Jan 08, 2010 1:43 pm No its definitely a trumpet vine. see here: http://www.beginner-gardening.com/image ... etvine.jpg Whatever it is I've already cut it back and on a cooler day intend to dig it up. and I do believe that the tall one is not a berry. The leaves are a totally different shape to the one you suggested. They look more like a type of gumnuts or something to me. I read that the mirror bush is considered a weed, should I rip it out too? Re: identifying some plants or weeds 10Jan 08, 2010 1:58 pm what do I know???? Got the family right though Bignoniacaceae like it or not though, it is no Euc, it is 100% Ardisia crenata which isn't an edible berry. Just a name There are heaps and heaps of different Ardisia species so if it isn't that one it's another Ardisia species. The ends of the leaves on yours are more rounded but that is the one I have always known to been grown for sale for years in wholesale nurseries. Not grown much anymore. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 11Jan 08, 2010 2:15 pm Caprosma repens is still grown for retail sale in WA and I've not ever known it to be a weed here but it is in other parts of Australia. Very common in all garden centres about 20 years ago there are stacks of new cultivars of Caprosma appearing on garden centre shelves these days. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 12Jan 08, 2010 2:25 pm brydz05 Thanks. the closest one I could find was Hebe "warley pink".. none of the others with such broad leaves are the same sort of colour, although perhaps their colour has not matured yet? The leaf shape and flower colour will vary from garden to garden. If three wholesale growers grow the same plant, their own growing techniques will result in 3 slightly different looking plants. Factors that will make leaves appear different can be light, water, competition from other plants. Once in gardens plants will adapt to the micro conditions very well. One plant may be planted in say a heap of sun and become smaller and have smaller gaps between the nodes, be more compact. The one bought at the same time and planted in a bit more shade will become taller and have longer gaps between the nodes. The leaves may have a different colour and flower less. depends on the plant really as some plants can do the opposite to the changes I have mentioned. Some examples would be with impatiens grown in sun, paler, and smaller leaves than one grown in shade. Cordylines that are very red in the sun will go more green in the shade. Spathiphylums that pale in leaf colour depending on the amount of light they get. Hebe wiri image is a variety that has been around for a very long time and would date pretty well with what has been planted in the garden. Re: identifying some plants or weeds 13Jan 08, 2010 2:48 pm Thanks fu. Of course you know your stuff.. Is it possible for one variety of Hebe to have different coloured flowers? Or is it that I have two varieties mixed together. I have these flowers: http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure897.jpg and also this one: http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... ure898.jpg Re: identifying some plants or weeds 14Jan 08, 2010 3:05 pm Good question It maybe both Hebe flowers from memory will fade with age. But it can also be possible you have a couple of different hebes in together. Flowers will often vary in colour too. Take White Ice berg roses that will throw pink flushes the few in early spring with the cold still around. Gero waxes (Chamalauciums) will have flowers that fade. This tells the bees and other pollinators that "hey, I been pollinated, better go to another flower" crap, or is it they are pale then go deeper colours oh well you get what i mean Murraya could be a great option for you. It creates a great tall screening hedge but doesn't drop fruit like lily pilly. 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