Plant identification request

[mirrorshard]

Does anyone know offhand what this is? Some previous owner or tenant planted it neatly in between the lavender & rosemary, right where I want to put more herbs, and as far as I can tell it's neither use nor ornament. (Obviously I have not attempted to apply the binary edibility test.)

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

It looks vaguely like sage, but it's hard to tell on this tiny screen. I'm guessing you've sniffed it and it doesn't smell like sage?

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Not even slightly - it smells sort of generically green. The leaves are glossy, without hairs, and with white undersurfaces.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Heh, it looked quite fuzzy in my tiny thumbnail! Obv, my perception here is not much use. Fingers crossed someone else can help
Cut off a piece and bring it to Seed Swap?

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd have said sage too...

[jacquic.livejournal.com]

Yep, me too.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Looked like it to me from the photo, but I trust Sam to know what sage smells like more than pretty much anyone else I know. :-)

In which Elly is *really* unhelpful

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

I've definitely seen the stuff around lots before, but I'm afraid I'm not sure either. I also wondered about sage, but given it doesn't smell like it, clearly not.

Like a pointless fake-sage of some kind, I guess.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Also, don't worry too hard. I stupidly tore up some rainbow chard because I didn't recognise it. My mother was the one who identified it. Bang went that free food from the previous residents!

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I'm 90% sure it's not food, and it hasn't done anything interesting like flower since September, but I don't want to get rid of it without a) being certain and b) making sure it's safely compostable or burnable.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

Since it's on Flickr, you could always post it to a group like What plant is that? (http://www.flickr.com/groups/whatplantisthat/)

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's useful, thank you!

[lizzydragon.livejournal.com]

Is it Brachyglottis greyi?
(if so, it used to be called Senecio, and is good for flower arranging - my Mum used to grow it)

(Hello!... I hope you don't mind me dropping by via deborah_c's friends list)

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Aha, that's very possible! I shall have to wait and see if it shows any signs of producing flowers. Do you know if it's possible to move well-established bushes without too much trauma, offhand?

And droppers-by are always welcome, so hello!

[lizzydragon.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall it was pretty hardy, so probably OK to transplant, but I don't actually know.

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

Assuming it's not a blurry photo of sage, it's a fuzzy rockery plant that people have because it's very hardy - can't recall the name.
Certainly no use, possibly more ornamental than a dead plant!

[reddragdiva]

IT'S A COW.

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

No, that's NOT my cow.

[psych0naut.livejournal.com]

You have a cow? (I mean, besides this plant?)

[hecate-x-jones.livejournal.com]

Looks like Lamb's Ear to me.

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

It's very smooth-surfaced, not fuzzy.