Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Giles on September 07, 2015, 04:06:32 PM
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It must be ages since we last had a puzzle: so see what you can make of this.
Listed in the AGS Encyclopaedia as a plant suitable for the rock garden.
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I have never seen a Taxus like that, but can it be T. baccata 'Amersfoort'?
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...I thought it would keep you guessing for ages !
It is indeed Taxus baccata 'Amersfoort'
It was found growing in the grounds of a Dutch psychiatric hospital (of the same name) and was initially classified as a Podocarpus.
..but indeed, it a cultivar of the UK native yew.
I didn't think anyone would get it, even with a picture of the whole plant, as it doesn't look like yew at all.
(..grumble, grumble, ..I must try harder next time....)
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Giles, I have several normal yews in my garden and although I don't have this type the bark and the leaves looked very familiar ;)
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If it is any comfort to you Giles- I still would have no idea what it might be. I'd NEVER have thought Taxus! :-[
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Just tried Ian with your original photo - his best guess was Honckenya peploides :-X
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My Dad has this growing in his garden for the last 30 years, its about 150cm tall now and has had no pruning in all that time.
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My Dad has this growing in his garden for the last 30 years, its about 150cm tall now and has had no pruning in all that time.
Well I never!
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Like all the Taxus, it roots quite easily, too. I've never noticed any of that weird stem growth like in your original photo, but stems are thicker than what would seem normal.
One year cutting:
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..whilst we're on the subject, this is another good miniature yew, putting on only about 1cm of growth each year.
I feel it's a bit 'blobby', but it's trouble free.
Taxus baccata 'Green Diamond'
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Not a garden plant but a weed! Do you recognize it?
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Rather mischievous showing a tiny, barely focused image. ;)
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The leaves look like a Sonchus. Is it a UK native?
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Sonchus asper with rain in the opening flowers?
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Ah, sowthistle!
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It could be S. arvensis. This is a late flowerer. I always think that summer is almost over when I see it in flower. Many plants in flower now in our area.
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Rather mischievous showing a tiny, barely focused image. ;)
Sorry Chris ;) It was a rainy early morning!
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The leaves look like a Sonchus. Is it a UK native?
Yes!
Sonchus asper with rain in the opening flowers?
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(http://files.leagueathletics.com/Images/Club/6696/star%20student.jpg)
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Any idea of this one?
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A malformed Helleborus foetidus?
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Sorry, no.
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Osier, Salix viminalis?
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A gall formation?
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Sure does look like a salix, Matt. Is it a fungal disease causing a sort of a pseudo-flower? I see what I think is a similar thing happen to various Brassicaeae (Draba spp. and Smelowskia calycina) in the wild when they are affected by rust.
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It is an artichoke gall on white willow.