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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Does anyone know what this plant is?

Any help much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth George on May 30, 2015 at 12:16

The leaves look like ground elder but I'm not sure about the flowers!

Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on May 31, 2015 at 10:40
Thanks for that. I think you might be right although the flowers look pink to me. Anyway I guess I'll have to dig it up.
Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 31, 2015 at 12:01

It doesn't look like ground elder to me (but I'm not a ground elder expert). Ground elder flowers are white and the leaves have a mild lemon/parsley-like flavour - which is why it's used for fish and salads - but best not taste the leaves in your garden until you know what you're playing with!

Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on May 31, 2015 at 13:01
I'll wait until it flowers and add another photo. I quite like it...
Permalink Reply by Gordon T on June 1, 2015 at 7:35

It looks to me that there are two intertwined plants with similar leaves.

Plant 1, with slightly variegated leaves and small pink flowers, I don't know what it is.

Plant 2, with uniform-colour leaves and arranged seven leaves to a stem (3+3+1-at-the-end) is a young ash tree which you probably don't want.

Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on June 5, 2015 at 15:36
You are quite right. It's two. It's like a jungle out there, it makes me wonder....

Here's a photo of each.
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Permalink Reply by Nicky on June 5, 2015 at 21:50
One beech and possibly a viburnum?
Permalink Reply by Sally on June 23, 2019 at 6:44

I've only just seen this post & you probably already know by now but thought I'd share, in case anyone else is struggling to identify it, the shrub in the first photo appears to be Spirea Japonica (Japanese Meadowsweet) in bud.

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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on June 6, 2015 at 9:45
Thanks everyone. Ash trees are beautiful but massive! Anyone fancy an ash tree sapling? Actually I think I have two...
Permalink Reply by Gordon T on June 7, 2015 at 0:40

Even when small, ash saplings are a right b****r to remove without pulling up everything else around them. Surgery right at ground level is often as effective and less disruptive.

Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on June 7, 2015 at 10:51
Thanks. They came out very easily.
Permalink Reply by Sandra Carter on June 7, 2015 at 17:28

Only just seen the picture and the buds look suspiciously like kalmia latifolia (also known as mountain laurel or calico bush). Be careful - all parts are very poisonous.

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