What is this bush/tree/plant?

[gentlegreen]

A shame we can't see the whole plant for context ... UK ?

 

[Leafster]

It looks a bit like a Star of Bethlehem flower to me.

 

[Artaxerxes]

It looks a bit like a Star of Bethlehem flower to me.

I was thinking that or Snowden Lily but the stamens don't look right for either.

 

[campanula]

Ipheon uniflorum (if it is a clear white, it is likely ro be the named form Alberto Castillo).

 

[Ponyutd]

Anyone know what this is.

 

[Libertad]

Dianthus.

 

[geminisnake]

Godzilla's baby

 

[campanula]

Yeah, would agree with Libertad. Hard to say what species though - maybe d.superbus? Flowers will help (an a better pic).

 

[BCBlues]

A friend planted this while I was in hospital a couple of years ago. I've not seen it flower before. It looks lovely but what is it?

 

[Calamity1971]

Camelia.
Camellia / RHS Gardening

 

[BCBlues]

Camelia.
Camellia / RHS Gardening

Thanking you.
I'm assuming from this then that I have acid soil in my garden as these shrubs always look healthy and strong.

 

[Calamity1971]

Thanking you.
I'm assuming from this then that I have acid soil in my garden as these shrubs always look healthy and strong.

Looks that way. I've never grown camelia so don't know how tolerant it would be in non acid soil. Nice gift from your friend nonetheless

 

[ringo]

I've got a couple of camellia japonicas doing quite well against a north facing wall in neutral soil:
Camellia japonica Powder Puff (white flowers) & Camellia japonica Dr King (red flowers)

 

[Shirl]

Last autumn I was given a plant, NOT the weedy things below. Not even anything that looks like them.
These two popped up around Christmas time. In February I dug them out and put them in this pot. They don't do anything. They open and shut sometimes but they don't grow and they don't die.
Should I just chuck them in the bin?

 

[Leafster]

It's an oxalis Shirl . Some of them make pretty pot plants and some of them are invasive weeds.

 

[Shirl]

It's an oxalis Shirl . Some of them make pretty pot plants and some of them are invasive weeds.

Thanks for naming it for me. Do you think it will stay like this forever or are any shoots likely to pop up at some point? It's done nothing since I put the two leaves in the pot at the start of February

 

[Leafster]

Thanks for naming it for me. Do you think it will stay like this forever or are any shoots likely to pop up at some point? It's done nothing since I put the two leaves in the pot at the start of February

You've caught me out! I know what it is but have no idea how to care for it. I know they die back in the winter so it's possible it's not warm enough or there hasn't been enough light for it to burst into life yet.

Have a read of this: Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionacea | purpleleaf false shamrock/RHS Gardening

 

[Shirl]

Cheers Leafster. According to that it looks like it may come to life again soon so I'll leave it be for now

 

[geminisnake]

Leave it for a while but put it near a window if you can, I have one, it gets stems of pretty lilac bell type flowers, mine is flowering atm. Mine seems to do quite well even though I forget to water it sometimes. They can go outside in the summer but they're not proper hardy. I like them

 

[gentlegreen]

I just realised it's also a sham shamrock ... or, logically a rock (?) ...



I'll get my coat

 

[gentlegreen]

I know I only need to wait a week or so for flowers to open ...

I don't think it's fat hen / chenopodium album - the leaves seem furrier and a bit too "furled" ...

 

[campanula]

I know I only need to wait a week or so for flowers to open ...

Conyza maybe?

 

[gentlegreen]

Conyza maybe?

Fleabane ? (had to look that up) - sounds like a plant i should have encountered before.

I accidentally pulled mine up - whenever I see it it tends to look a bit knackered - probably the council spraying it ...
I'll have to see if the neighbours have any growing out of their gravel ..

EDIT:-
Yep - in the poor soil, theirs have already flowered or at least the buds are forming - I'll keep an eye on them.

Thanks

 

[Ponyutd]

Had this large plant growing for a while, now being eaten by these.

Pull it up , or give it a chance?

 

[gentlegreen]

pretty caterpillars ...

Since verbascum (?) is very much a biennial, I'm guessing you may end up with multiple shorter flower stems next year - not sure if you'll be able to tell this year.

Mullein moth

I only recently learned that you can use ground up mullein seed as an illegal fish poison - rotenone.

 

[Ponyutd]

Thanks g.g.
I'll pick them off tomorrow.
Quite a nice flower really.

 

[gentlegreen]

I was all set to actually make a post on a fungi forum with my "St John's wort rust" photo, but I'm pretty certain this isn't any species of hypericum ...

I will post it and attempt to remember to return at some point when the plant is in flower.

 

[campanula]

How so, GG. What has changed your mind? Still looks like a potential hypericum to me (especially with that square stem) altho I am a bit rubbish at photo idents.

 

[gentlegreen]

How so, GG. What has changed your mind? Still looks like a potential hypericum to me (especially with that square stem) altho I am a bit rubbish at photo idents.

Sorry not to update - definitely hypericum perforatum.

I will be looking out to see if it flowers by 25th June

 

[Calamity1971]

Came across this and it smells like honeysuckle. The bees were loving it. Want one, anyone know what it is?