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it's the big leafed one. Growing in the UK
2007-06-09 12:55:18 · 10 answers · asked by nickip 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Its leaves are really big (the other plant is a Japanese cherry to give you some indication of scale). Is a perennial, was completely dormant until a few weeks ago.
2007-06-09 13:09:59 · update #1
Thanks everyone for trying to id it! Another bit of info, the leaves are about 15-20cm long. When it was waking in the ground, its shoots were sort of burgundy and slightly furry.
2007-06-09 13:24:41 · update #2
Looks like Rodgersia aesculifolia. Does it disappear for the winter then come back in spring? The name aesculifolia refers to its similarity to Horse Chestnut leaves (Aesculus hippocastanum).
2007-06-10 08:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by dingbat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chestnut seedling is my guess.
European chestnuts are slightly curved with big serrate teeth. The underside will have a dots and maybe hairs. The bud is dark red. Leaves are canoe shaped with a moderate to narrow pointed leaf tip about 9 cm to 17cm long and 3cm to 5cm wide in the European chestnut but the American can get to 25 cm. All of the chestnuts hybridize.
http://masschestnut.org/basicTreeID.php
Five varieties of chestnut leaf
http://www.acf.org/field_guide.htm#how2Identify
http://www.patacf.org/fd_ident.htm
Try the Name That Plant! forum
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/namegal/
2007-06-09 14:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st thought by viewing was a horse chestnut leaf, is there evidence of a conker shell close by ? If yes I would get those seedlings out of there.
The red shoots would indicate Peony but not so sure about the furry.
2007-06-09 14:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a sweet chestnut seedling to me. It will grow to a tree about 60 feet tall if left.
2007-06-09 20:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hellebore - can't tell which variety from this photo. You should get some flowers in the spring though - white, pinky-purple or any variation in between - possibly with spots!!
2007-06-10 05:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by jersjazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The leaves actually look like those on a chestnut! What is the stem like?
2007-06-09 13:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by Hedge Witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a Rhodedendron....the flowers can be Pink or Blue depending on the acidity of the soil.......Im sure i have ne the same.
2007-06-09 13:03:31 · answer #7 · answered by cherryveba 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's definitely a spearmint plant
2007-06-09 13:20:08 · answer #8 · answered by rickymeo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm leaning towards some type of Helleborous......definitely not a Rhodie
2007-06-09 13:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-06-09 12:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by Wendi K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋