plant id please

[cookiecookuk]

can anyone please tell me what this plant is.so far its about 3 1/2 foot tall and has a woody stem.

[cookiecookuk]

[pixiesen2012]

lantana?

[fallen-archie]

Possibly a type of vibernum. Do those heads turn into berries?

[right-then-petal]

[cookiecookuk]

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@fallen-archie wrote:
Possibly a type of vibernum. Do those heads turn into berries?

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think you are right archie.and do not know if they turn into berries as we only just moved in 5 weeks ago and I three of these in a bed.so will wait and see.

[al**bear]

Theres an App for your phone/tablet called

Pl@ntNet - that identifies plants by just taking a picture of it

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This info is from someone who actually HATES Apps - i.e. Me

[theelench]

Almost certainly Clerodendrum bungei.  It grows about 10ft high and the flowers should be fragrant.

I see it's growing near a fence, as its only drawback is that it suckers freely there could be a much larger one in your neighbours garden.

[fallen-archie]

Good shout!

[theelench]

My pleasure archie.  I'm trying to use its suckering habit in a garden I work in where they do come from next door.  It seems that the suckers will flower on a single stem, the first year they appear.  Instead of cutting them back to the root, which seems to kill them, I've tried cutting them back to just above ground level.

I'm hoping that next year they will produce two or perhaps four stems two or three feet high with flowers.  They would be useful as small clumps in between the other shrubs if they can be kept low rather than developing into full sized shrubs.

[fallen-archie]

Any thoughts on how to rid my garden of golden hop? It keeps cropping up all over the place?

[suzieseaside]

I guess you would have to dig out the roots as it is a woody vine i think, or do you mean golden rod? I think that the roundup you touch onto plants (not the spray) might help with unwanted intruders.

I've got buddleja and other plants growing in the mortice between old stone tiles on a steep roof. A right pain cos I'm too scared to get up there to deal with them myself!

[fallen-archie]

Thanks for that Susie, it is called golden hop, and yes it grows like bindweed so you are probably right about how I need to dig it out.
As for your roof garden I suggest you leave it long enough and it will allcomediwn to your level 👍😂

[suzieseaside]

Thankyou, so pragmatic, as ever 😁

[theelench]

 I hate trying to dig out this sort of thing.  Apart from all the hard work and disturbance to other plants roots (which often die far quicker than the pest), it's so often futile as the tiny bit you miss seems to re-grow just as strongly.

If you don't want to use chemicals like Roundup, I've got rid of Bindweed and even Ground Elder simply by repeated removal of the leaves.  Tedious but if checked every day, effective.

If you don't mind chemicals, remove all the top-growth, let the plant re-grow a couple of leaves and then apply Roundup to kill the roots.  Repeat regularly. 

[cee-dee]

Not tried boiling water?

[fallen-archie]

Yes I try it everyday CD 👍 how else can one make a brew 🤔

[cee-dee]

Instead of making a brew, try taking it outside and treat that plant to a bit?

[fallen-archie]

I suppose I might get away with it as whilst we have a hosepipe ban it doesn’t specifically mention kettles👍

[cee-dee]

That's it, get out there and try it on a sample?