Help on identifying plants

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Yesterdays, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. Yesterdays

    Yesterdays Member

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    Hi,

    These are four plants in my yard growing along the coast in Western Washington that I can't seem to identify.

    The first is a small bush about 16 inches across, it grows almost like a grass but gets tiny flowers you can barely see.

    The second one gets a long flower shoot that has a purplish flower, it has fuzzy leaves.

    The third is a small groundcover that grows in these clumps, each little plant is only about 1 1/2 inches across.

    The last one is about 7 inches across, it seems to like the shade.
     

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  2. Carol Ja

    Carol Ja Active Member 10 Years

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    first one looks like heather, last one primrose.
     
  3. Takana_Hana

    Takana_Hana Active Member 10 Years

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    1-heather 2-lambs ear 3-pachysandra? 4-primrose
     
  4. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Too far away
    Lychnis coronaria
    Saxifragra urbium, S. hirsuta--one of those types
    Primula, maybe Polyanthus
     
  5. Weekend Gardener

    Weekend Gardener Active Member 10 Years

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    I agree with Ron's last three: Lychnis coronaria, Saxifragra of some sort, Primula. I am afraid I don't know enough of last two plants to be any more specific. I have no idea what the first one is.

    (The images are a bit small to see the details.)
     
  6. Yesterdays

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    Thank you, you identified all of them. Now I know how to better care for them, thanks again!
     

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