Naming help, please?

[tim]

1. The Florist's standby greenery?

2. A treelike Thing which has appeared in the border?

[tim]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

1_ pittosporum tenuifolium

2no idea. Looks like lemon verbena, but you'd have noticed the smell!

[tim]

No1 - of COURSE!!

No2 - yes, very alike but, as you say, no smell. And the leaves are alternate.

[sarah]

could the second be a buddlea ? (never can spell it)

[valmarg]

Re plant 2, is it the green plant or the silver plant you are asking about?  Not that I've much idea about either. :-[

valmarg

[kenkew]

Don't know it off hand and it's not in my 'Little books' an' my neighbour's got my 'Big Book of Everything' an' it's after 10PM and he has a big dog so I'm not going round there tonight.
(Might have a go at it tomorrow)

[lavenderlux]

I think the green plant in the second picture could be a 'willow' and if you have mature willow trees in your neighbourhood, it could be a self sown seedling, as willows seeds blow everywhere.

[gardenqueen]

2) definately a buddlea seedling

[tim]

Good tries - & thanks!

But.......here it is with Buddleia & Willow.

Valmarg - the green one.

[gardenqueen]

Having looked up various varieties of buddlea in my RHS book, if it's not Lemon Verbena, it could possibly be the white flowered variety of buddlea, called Peace!

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

there's no alternative -

Woodman, spare that shrub! touch not a single bough....til we can see some flowers

[tim]

Bit young for flowers yet, but I'll watch out!

[dtw]

Could it be a pomegranate from a discarded seed?

[tim]

Watch this space!!

[gardenqueen]

Don't think I can wait till spring, Tim! grrr The suspenses is killing me! lol If you would care to send me a piece I could take it to my local horticultural college 1/2 mile down the road from me. Only a thought! lol

[calendula]

I thought it was rose bay willow herb  :-\

[saddad]

It doesn't look like my dwarf pomegranate... any nasty sharp terminals or spurs?
:-\

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

it does look like a willow, and it does look a little like Rosebay Willowherb. Who fancies doing some reverse engineering and looking up all the salicifoliums?
Something for the winter evenings  :D

[gardenqueen]

I think you have just volunteered!  ::)

[Barnowl]

I thought it was rose bay willow herb  :-\

So did I - very invasive