Ok All You Gardening People out there.....

[zianuray]

Two plants I need ID for:

This is a tree about the height of a one-story house




And this is a smaller plant in a "don't mow here" circle:

Comments

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

My Gods! It's a shambling mound! Quick, we need two fighters, a cleric, and a mage, STAT!

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

It's also about the annoyingest tree I've had to deal with. Lorraine didn't remember what it was called or what it was for, but OMGs don't even mention the possibility of pruning it!

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

And please ask the mage to wait until I can grab trhe hose if she's planning on using lightning or fireball -- it's right against the garage which is part of the house!

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Looooots of magic missles.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I've been playing anti-druid for the past few weeks, turning overgrowth and 'weed trees' into dirt fields ready to be grass. If you dislike your tree, I can banish it into a sack of holding (Home Depot yard waste bag) in a day. 8-)

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure you want to come all the way to Aurora, MO to banish it :)

And I'll be whacking it down myownself when permitted for the sheer satisfaction value! And likely it'll wind up in a bonfire later that year.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I drove all the way to Aurora just to give Softpaw a spare washer (or dryer, one of them things).

Granted, road trips are harder on me now with only one parent to wrangle things, but I also put the kids to work which keeps them in sight. 8-)

[greeneyedtengu.livejournal.com]

FOCL! Okay, you win for teh intarwebz for the day.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Yay! Do I get a certificate to put on my cube wall?

[greeneyedtengu.livejournal.com]

If you can get that icon to print out big enough to qualify as a certificate. ^~ Otherwise, all you get is a No-Prize.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I could blow it up and print it off in color, but the non-133t might read that as a sign of despair.

I'll just treat myself for some summer sausage instead. 8-)

[ladyniniane.livejournal.com]

The top one looks a bit like kudzu (although the leaves don't look quite right). Is that a plant with an actual stem or trunk, or is it a plant growing on top of another plant?

I know that I have seen the bottom one before, but I cannot put a name with it. It's some form of succulent - I think it may be a variant of kalanchoe, but I cannot find a picture that matches.

Either one is non-native - kudzu is classified as a noxious weed in Missouri. Kalanchoes are somewhat pretty, but do not smell very good, as I recall.

[conscience.livejournal.com]

Nah, not Kudzu...those leaves look thinner, more fibrous and waxy.
(I only say that 'cuz Kudzu is such a pest here in FL, and we yank it when we see it!)

Kudzu
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2005/nice-kudzu.jpg

http://www.juanittabaldwin.com/images/i980310a.jpg

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

It has a woody stem -- I'd truly call it a tree. The branches are very stiff in their drooping-over -- it's rather like one of those "bubble umbrellas" from back in the '70s!

[conscience.livejournal.com]

I forget whatcha call the pink one, but I used to have it. Butterfly balm, maybe? All I remember is the butterflies here LOVED it. And, if it freezes, it'll usually come back that spring/summer (at least in FL)

[conscience.livejournal.com]

The older stems turn to a woody material...it is from this the new growth comes from every spring...for the life of me I cannot remember what it is, but it seems to be drought resistant and definitely draws in the dragonflies and butterflies..and the sporadic honey bee or three :)

[doccross.livejournal.com]

Don't know what the big one is, but the smaller one could be a type of Sedum.