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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on April 27, 2020, 01:37:41 PM

Title: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: JohnnyD on April 27, 2020, 01:37:41 PM

Any idea what this is? It looks like rosaceae but.....!
JohnnyD

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Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: ian mcdonald on April 27, 2020, 05:00:29 PM

Fragaria?

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: JohnnyD on April 27, 2020, 05:59:35 PM

I fancy the flowers are slightly the wrong shape for Fragaria ..  and we have never seen any fruit!
JohnnyD

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: Gail on April 27, 2020, 07:06:02 PM

A geum? They are quite variable from seed; http://east-of-eden-nursery.co.uk/geums/ (http://east-of-eden-nursery.co.uk/geums/)

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: Diane Whitehead on April 27, 2020, 07:07:03 PM

Wild strawberries are often dioecious.  I had one local species- Fragaria chiloensis which spread, but never fruited.  I'm not sure which sex I had, but you need both to get strawberries.

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: JohnnyD on May 15, 2020, 07:38:24 PM

Finally discovered - it is Potentilla montana. Nice plant in the garden.
JohnnyD

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: Maggi Young on May 15, 2020, 08:37:25 PM

Quote from: JohnnyD on May 15, 2020, 07:38:24 PM

Finally discovered - it is Potentilla montana.
JohnnyD

Oh.....!  Never  thought  of  that! Well done!

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: JohnnyD on May 17, 2020, 12:19:36 PM

You certainly know how to make a chap feel good Maggi :P
JohnnyD

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: Maggi Young on May 17, 2020, 03:25:46 PM

I've been feeling guilty because I seldom pay  any  attention to any  potentillas! Shame  on me!

Title: Re: Why don't we label garden plants???
Post by: JohnnyD on May 17, 2020, 06:01:15 PM

I am sure your reputation remains entirely untarnished Maggi. :D
J.