'New' garden advice please.

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The second one looks a bit like the Japanese Maple, but I could be completely wrong!
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dont think its a californian poppy, the leaves in the background suggest that it's more the normal type, nice colour... if you want to keep it, collect the seeds and make sure the bed gets dug over before you sprinkle them basck on... the seeds wont germinate unless the soil has been disturbed.

next.. could be a gooseberry

The leaf is definatly an Acer / japanese maple

The flower... is it a climber? the leaves behind look like a clematis but I dont recognise the flower. it looks almost like a fushia

as for the grass stuff..... definatly get it gone there are so many other intresting things you could put in it's place

I think you have been given some excellent advice already... live with it a year to see what you got. spend that year working out whats north facing, south facing, what sort of soil you've got. This is really important! you dont want to spend money on plants that wont grow in your soil, azaleas, carnations and some heathers can be fussy about their soil.. does the garden drain properly all this takes a year and dont be afraid to make changes. my last house, the previous owner had planted a yucca by the front door... looked nice BUT the spines on the tips of the leaves were leathal!!! I had visons of someone stumbling up the path in the dark and falling on to it and loosing an eye... pretty or not.. it went!
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Thank you :-D
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California poppy
Gooseberry
Acer palmatum
Crinodendron hookerianum

Digging out is the best way to get rid of the rush/grass as weedkillers just run off the shiny leaves.

Looks like a lot of lovely plants and garden.
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Thank you :-D That's really helpful. I've taken out one large clump already, and am trying to keep on top of the 'babies' by pulling out half a dozen every time I go up to the compost bin! I might have to bribe my friend to come & spend a day digging for me - I wonder how many biscuits I'd need to make him :-D
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I like this thread. We're just coming to terms with our new garden. It was completely overgrown, but had a few nice things in it. However, so far we've got rid of huge amounts of something like ornamental rhubarb, some of that spikey grass stuff from the picture, three dead trees (useful for the stove) and LOADS of odd stones and half bricks.

We have a lot of mushrooms growing in the garden. I daren't eat them but they are multiplying by the day. How does one get rid of mushrooms?

I'm just hoping to tidy things up, cut back the budlea when it has finished flowering and try to dig an area to overwinter before becoming a veg patch.

Looks like we're all in for interesting times.

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