Plant Identification Thread

[cmbdiesel]

OK, here's my early spring thread to help me identify some of the things growing in my yard.... It's a little late....

Some of these have been deliberately planted, some have just sprung up, and some are weeds.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to look through the series of pictures and give me some idea what they are.
These are just a small sample (two minute walk around the side yard) but some of the stranger ones.

[cmbdiesel]

This one seems like a wildflower. Has popped up in a number of places, including in the raspberries.
Would like to know what it is, so I can assist in propagating it.

[cmbdiesel]

This one may be a pretty weed. Plucked it out and stuck it in a pot during the spring time, and it has stayed relatively small with the little yellow flowers all summer.
Has five fingered leaves, similar to other plants that some may be familiar with...

[cmbdiesel]

Looks like another wildflower that I should probably already know what it is...
Like to spread these around with Plant 1.

[cmbdiesel]

These came up all around the pool. I was very careful with them until the flowering was less than magnificent. Now, I am pulling them out of places where they don't really fit, and discovering that they have a rather large root ball, and are no where near as delicate as they appear. Succulent too, bleed water when you snap them off.

[cmbdiesel]

Another little weed, kind of looks like a pea of some variety.
Cute little flowers though.

[cmbdiesel]

Is this an underachieving rose bush? or just a pricker? Got a few of these around, and mostly next to things, as if they may have been planted.... or maybe just escaped the less than enthusiastic weeding my yard saw under the PO's

[cmbdiesel]

Magnificent tree, center piece of the side yard.
Picture is it in full bloom in the spring.

[cmbdiesel]

This one just escaped the chainsaw...
Kind of looks like a dogwood, but no flowers so far.
It has been under pretty heavy shade until I started cutting things away from it.
Don't really like where it is in the yard, but don't want to cut it if it will be a flowering tree.

Pictures of tree, close up of leaves and bark.

[cmbdiesel]

It's Bush's fault... couldn't resist..
These kind of look like Azaleas of some sort, but like the previous tree, they did not bloom. They were also under heavy shade.
Want to transplant them somewhere they will flourish, and the last one needs to be severely trimmed.
They all took some damage as well from a big maple that blew down on them.

[cmbdiesel]

Really was this one's fault...

This is a very cool looking bush, never saw anything quite like it.
Retains leaves all year, does not seen to flower.
Also needs trimming.

[cmbdiesel]

These are planted all around my deck, going to try and spread them around the edges of the property.
Curious if I can yank some out and transplant them, seems like it would work, as they try to grow across the sidewalks.

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

Magnificent tree, center piece of the side yard.
Picture is it in full bloom in the spring.

Looks like the weeping cherry tree I just lost earlier this year. Mine was about 60 years old and wood boring insects killed it.

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

These are planted all around my deck, going to try and spread them around the edges of the property.
Curious if I can yank some out and transplant them, seems like it would work, as they try to grow across the sidewalks.

Pachysandra, it transplants very easily and does great in shade. I have it in several spots of my landscape.

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

Really was this one's fault...

This is a very cool looking bush, never saw anything quite like it.
Retains leaves all year, does not seen to flower.
Also needs trimming.

Looks like some kind of variegated laurel. Very cool. I've tried growing mountain laurel here in PA, without much success. It grows beautifully just an hour away in NJ though. Frustrating.