Mrs Fez thinks that you're on the money. She trimmed back a laurel, pollarded it almost, and these have sprung up. Not bad for what are generally considered house plants. Thank you kindly!
And for the bonus round... These flowered nicely, deep red with a orange-yellow centrum. Stalks are quite spindly and the flower heads have sprung miniature dandy-lion like seed fluff. Again, we're none the wiser. Mrs Fez sez "weeds, but they're pretty!"
Can't help you with that one - have never seen one like before. I suggest that Mrs Fez is correct... Nice snail you have there though.
Terrible Pic Fez but on looking carefully it is wild flower called Fox and Cubs. I think it is a fabulous plant but many consider it a weed this is probably because it spreads by creeping, but I don't find it rampant and you just pull it up where you don't want it. I have seen a lot in wild this year probably because the council are not cutting the verges. It has seed heads like a dandelion so if you don't want it seeding everywhere cut off the dead flowers. please log in to view this image
Three is often the magic number when it comes to Oxalis. The most common species grown as a houseplant is Oxalis triangularis which has three common names, False Shamrock, Purple Shamrock and Love Plant. From https://www.ourhouseplants.com/plants/purple-shamrock
Yeah, Sun in the screen and it's not mtg favourite hardware to photograph with. I like cameras for photography, music players to play music... etc. Great info, thanks.
Anyone recognise what this plant is? A month ago I bought and planted the smaller shrub with the yellowish leaves in the foreground - a pieris 'forest flame'. A week or so later, the larger one immediately behind it suddenly sprouted - from where it appeared, it had quite obviously been in the same pot when it germinated - and it has since shot up at a greater rate of knots. I have no idea what it is - and don't want to rip it out by the roots in case I disturb/damage the pieris. - a close up here to show the leaves more clearly - The nearest to it I can find on Google is a pussy willow tree, but am just not sure. If it is one, I'll be ripping it out quick smart - I don't want to end up with a 20 foot tree only three feet away from the back wall of the house...
Really not sure about this one. There are too many plants like this with serrated leaves. I just wonder if it could be a pepper.
No idea, could be a willow, but it is obviously very vigorous so I would remove it carefully as it will affect your Pieris. If you are curious plant it some where and wait and see.
Anyone know what this is? Earlier this year my Aussie Bottlebrush tree died after some heavy snow - or so I thought. After cutting it right back to near-ground level, it suddenly sprouted again. These shots were taken today after around three months of growth - and there's no way that's a Bottlebrush. I'm assuming the original was grafted onto rootstock - but I've no idea what that rootstock is.
It could be one of the Hypericum family. Rose of Sharon or St. John's Wort. please log in to view this image
I doubt you would be able to graft this onto a bottlebrush root and if the BB died then the root died. Suspect a chance seedling of what OFH suggested another version could be Tutson.
I thought I had one of those a few years ago in Australia. We bought a house with some established fruit trees in the garden - one of which was a mandarin tree. I later found it was riddled with green ants and also had signs of gall wasp - the best way to deal with both is to prune severely and burn all the branches, which I did. I was pleased as punch when it grew back, but when it fruited later, was bemused to find that one side had mandarins and the other lemons. It seems I had pruned below a graft mark.
Well the rootstock for the mandarin would have been the lemon a plant of the same genus but I don't think bottlebrush and hypericum would work. maybe they are related? hmmm.
Maybe they are... I took this shot earlier - had to clear some of the 'branches' away to take it. The stump is what was left of the bottlebrush, and what has sprouted out of it quite clearly isn't bottlebrush. I don't know what to make of it.
If you gently peeled away the bark of the bottle brush you might discover more? Perhaps a seed got wedged in the bark. it is a puzzle I agree.
