Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire
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Jan 2022
8:32pm, 6 Jan 2022
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jacdaw
Thanks both; that's a good start. All further suggestions welcome, though.
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Jan 2022
2:04pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I’m hoping someone here recognises what this is. I’m digging out a mature border where a couple of types of plants are taking over and because we’ve got a lot of borders I can never remember what perennial plants in the borders this time of year. It looks a bit like a dahlia tuber but I’m 99% sure there aren’t any dahlias in that border and anyway it’s too early for one to be sprouting AFAIK. |
Jan 2022
2:09pm, 7 Jan 2022
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sallykate
The shoots look too sturdy to be dahlia. Peony? It is early but some parts have been very mild so it's probably confused, whatever it is.
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Jan 2022
2:14pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I’m in the southeast so very likely to be something coming through early. We’ve got lots of daffodil foliage coming up. I’ve definitely seen a peony somewhere so that’s possible.
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Jan 2022
4:46pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Doesn't look like a peony to me but I have been digging around in my head all afternoon to work out what it is.
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Jan 2022
4:46pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Definitely not Dahlia.
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Jan 2022
4:58pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Rosehip
Looks more like the roots and shoots of my yucca plant that I keep digging up, but the damn thing just grows again
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Jan 2022
5:02pm, 7 Jan 2022
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sallykate
I was thinking it was a bit like something which grows in my front garden with broad fleshy long leaves - bit like a leek if you see what I mean - but I have not idea what it is. I try to pull it up.
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Jan 2022
5:17pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Hanneke
Yes, it does look like a yucca...
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Jan 2022
5:36pm, 7 Jan 2022
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I don’t think I’ve seen a yucca in the garden! I’ve potted it up in case it’s something worth hanging onto.
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