Plant ID please

[Bal]

Hi Can anyone identify these plants given to me by my lovely neighbour.


This one apparently has yellow flowers and grows quite tall.



No idea what this one does

[chris]

ironweed possibly? Forgot the "proper" name, but I think its in the aster family? Yellow type.

I recgonise the bottom one but don't know what it is off hand. Also, I'm not sure if you know, but the slug pellets you have down there are far too much - you literally need a pellet every few inches!

[Bal]

Thanks, I just followed the diagram on the tub. Fortunately they are the organic ones.

[andy_j]

1 & 2 look Rudbeckia...possibly Goldstorm or it could be the very tall Heliopsis

No idea for 3

[mothhawk]

I thought rudbeckia too. No. 3 looks familiar but no name springs to mind.

[mothhawk]

Is it sweet william?

[shushkin!]

I'm pretty sure its a tall very vigorous form of heliopsis. I inherited it when I bought my current house. I am very familiar with its foliage as I have to keep my eye on it as it will spread like wild fire in my gardens rich soil! It has a pretty sunshine yellow flower.

The third one looks like the foliage of an aster. I've just been giving mine their "chelsea chop".

[brownfingers]

I had one like the first two which was a nicotina (tobbacco family), called Marvel of Peru. Big yellow flowers with a very heavy night scent.

The last one looks like a Veronica gigantica. Can't guess which particular one.

[Martin H]

I'd go with heliopsis for the top ones. The second one could be loads of things, it'll be interesting to see what the flower is! A loostrife, maybe?

[Bal]

Thanks guys will look them up and compare. Keep you posted

[george356]

Do the top 2 have a root that looks like a skinny brown carrot? If so they are Mirabilis Jalapa (Marvel of Peru) - not fully Winter hardy (at least in my neck of the woods), so be prepared to either lift before the first frosts or to supply some sort of protection.

[Bal]

Can't remember what the root looks like I'm afraid, when I planted it up yesterday the roots fine had filled up the pot

[brownfingers]

Do the top 2 have a root that looks like a skinny brown carrot? If so they are Mirabilis Jalapa (Marvel of Peru) - not fully Winter hardy (at least in my neck of the woods), so be prepared to either lift before the first frosts or to supply some sort of protection.

My Marvel of Peru survived for many years. All I did was cutit right down to the ground, and it came every year.