plant id pls

[nickdub]

a gooseberry, having a lie down - might be able to make a guess at the variety when it is fully ripe.

[Jay22]

Thanks again Nick, they have appeared on the road down from the house, a nice wee surprised!!

[nickdub]

No problem - you quite often see gooseberry plants in the hedges and woods round here, but as they are usually without fruit a lot of people don't recognise them.

If it looks like a worthwhile type, they are very simple to propagate from cuttings a little later in the year.

[Forage420]

Hi all, I thought posting these photos here would be better than starting a new thread.
Would really appreciate getting an id on them?
Thanks a lot.

[veggiechicken]

1 - looks like skimmia or daphne or viburnum!
2 hebe
3 & 4 What's all the white stuff or is it wet?

[AllotyD]

Hi All,

I just thought i would chip in here, there is a fantastic app called 'PlantNet' it is used for plant identification. i have used it a lot and it is very helpful, it is as simple as taking a pic and you get multiple results as close as possible. Give it a try.

I use an Android phone and not Apple so its on the google play store, not sure about the apple one for the iphones.

Best Regards.

[ameno]

Hi all, I thought posting these photos here would be better than starting a new thread.
Would really appreciate getting an id on them?
Thanks a lot.

1 is definitely bay. Those slightly crinkly-edged leaves are unmistakable. The flower buds seem to form early, too (mine has them already). Break a leaf and smell it if you want to double check.
2 is hebe, as VC said.
3 and 4 aren't the same plant, I think, even though the look similar.
I think 4 might be buddleia, although I'm not certain.
Really not sure about 3, but at a guess I'd say sage. Give the leaves a sniff and see.

[veggiechicken]

Ahhh Bay! I'd forgotten that one. In my defence, the leaves on mine are wider and flatter - I'll check tomorrow. As ameno says - the smell is a giveaway.

[ameno]

Ahhh Bay! I'd forgotten that one. In my defence, the leaves on mine are wider and flatter - I'll check tomorrow. As ameno says - the smell is a giveaway.

Leaf size and the length to width ratio can vary greatly depending on growing conditions and the size of the tree. The potted bay I have at home has fairly small leaves (2 inches long maximum) which are fairly long and thin, whereas the one I just dug out at the allotment had great big leaves (3-4 inches long) which were rather wider.
The crinkly leaf margins, and of course the smell, are the main ways to tell it's bay.

[Babru]

Out of interest, do people's bay trees usually flower? I was given a standard bay in a pot and wasn't expecting flowers (it's not been pruned in the 18 months I've had it). Do they smell nice or anything?

[Nicos]

^^^^^
Mine never has and it's 12years old.
But here is a thread from a few years ago...
https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...tml#post675560

[Nicos]

I would also go with
Bay(sniff a crumpled leaf) hebe, sage (sniff a crumpled leaf), and buddleia too

[Mitzi]

I think 3 is lambs ears (stachys lanata) and 4 is buddleia.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-la...-51604776.html

[nickdub]

My bay tree flowers most years, it's in a large pot in an unheated greenhouse and is about 9' high - think I grew it from a cutting about 30 years ago, but I might be wrong - memory is like a sieve these days.

[Bren In Pots]

^^^^^
Mine never has and it's 12years old.
But here is a thread from a few years ago...
https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...tml#post675560

When I posted in that thread to say mine had just flowered I must have jinxed it because its 10 year later and its not done it since.