Naming help, please?

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

I think you have just volunteered!  ::)

I usually spend the winter under the cloud of SAD. That would probably send me over the edge  :D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

[Tyke]

Liquorice??

[valmarg]

I thought it was rose bay willow herb  :-\

So did I - very invasive

No definitely not.  I did say in my earlier post that I'd not much idea, but having driven from here to Ashbourne this morning, the local rose bay willow herb has flowered, and the seeds are being blown about.

valmarg

[tim]

Gardenqueen - yes please??

[valmarg]

Having looked in my 'library' ;D I would tend to agree with Tyke - liquorice, aka glycyrrhiza glabra.

valmarg

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

If that's liquorice then i'm a ray of sunshine.......... :D

Tim's leaves are alternate and liquorice leaves are opposite (foe a start)

[calendula]

 ;D

my second choice, after a young rose bay willow herb, would be a Weigela seedling - what I can see of the stems in Tim's picture also look right as well  :)

[valmarg]

If that's liquorice then i'm a ray of sunshine.......... :D

Well, I was basing my guess on feminine logic.  Tyke = Yorkshireman.  Liquorice is grown in Yorkshire, ie Pontefract cakes.  I thought Tyke may have had insider information. ;D ;D

valmarg

[saddad]

There is a white form of Rosebay willow herb... it is taking over in one of the NGS gardens in North Derby... , even I want some!  :-[

[Tyke]

Lol! Sorry to mislead you into thinking i had insider knowledge. i've never actually seen a liquorice plant. The liquorice plants were all made redundant at the same time as the coal mines were shut...

I happened to be reading a book on herbs, that had a photo of one that looked very similar. Leaves not pointy enough either as i found out after i used google images....

[valmarg]

Ah well Tyke, back to the drawing board. ???  In that case I really, really have no idea. ;D

valmarg

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

this could go on til next Summer  :D

[calendula]

it might need to so that it flowers and we can put this to rest  ;D

could even be a fuchsia seedling

Tim, if you are still reading these ideas you need to look around your own garden and any nearby so as to have a better idea  :)

[valmarg]

could even be a fuchsia seedling

No, as a fuchsia grower, most definitely not.

I should have to say, despite my posts, I'm beginning to lose interest.

The emoticon that is missing is a big yawn. ;D

valmarg

[tim]

Sorry to bore you - wait till Gardenqueen says I can send her a sample?

[valmarg]

Sorry, Tim it's not boredom, more impatience. ;D ;D

valmarg

[gardenqueen]

ok folks Tim is sending me a sample so hopefully all will be resoved soon. Nettie

[fluffygrue]

I have a Hebe growing in my garden that looks a lot like that.. I thought it was a willow for quite a while. Can't remember the variety, but it has white willow-stylee flowers. Just a suggestion. :)

[hellohelenhere]

It looks rather like the unusual buddleia that I've been trying to name, and Valmarg suggests is buddleia lindleyana, see the thread:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,46245.0.html

Having not seen one as a plantlet, I can't say, but the adult leaves are a darkish, glossy green (by buddleia standards), and soft and grey underneath. Apparently this can sucker to long distances, e.g. 10ft from the parent plant - do you have a buddleia of that description nearby? Doesn't look like rosebay to me, nor willow. (Preparing to eat my hat, of course...)