Help id my friends plants please

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She's been told they are different to what I think they are!

And these

The first one with big umbrella leaves is fatsia japonica.

In your second lot of photos it looks like there is a clematis in there.

@Deux I said it was a caster oil plant. She was insistent that it wasn't.

Middle one in 2nd post looks like sticky willy to me (don't know the proper name I'm afraid)

I agree fatsia japonica for first

It’s definitely fatsia japonica as I have 2 massive ones in my garden. They do very well in our clay soil on a north facing wall. Castor oil plant would be difficult to grow outside in this country as it is quite tender. From memory I think fatsia japonica may be referred to as false castor oil plant though so hence the confusion. But the leaves are very different if you were to see them side by side.

The one I think is a clematis is the one with the oval leaves that go to a point at the end. In one of the photos there are is a plant that has kind of heart shaped leaves. I’m not sure but I think that may be an invasive weed. Agree with the sticky willy.

In one of the photos there are is a plant that has kind of heart shaped leaves. I’m not sure but I think that may be an invasive weed.

Looks like bindweed to me. (Middle bottom row). She should pull that out, along with the sticky weed. Tbh one or two of the photos look like they include a lot of weeds of various types!

There's something which might be a cornus (dogwood) in a couple, although I'm not 100% sure the buds are right for that (mine are flowering so can't check). The leaves at the front and top left of the middle top row looks like honesty - does it have purple flowers?

The third pic in thr first set is indeed bind weed.she needs to get it out. It's an invasive bastard and will wrap itself round other plants and strangle them. They have white roots and she needs to get them out. It spreads everywhere,

She also needs to get the sticky weed out. It's the first pic of the second lot and at the bottom of the photo.

It also spreads and will take over and sticks to everything. It's not as much of a bastard as bind weed, but it's not a good weed to have and is invasive.

Never heard sticky willy before. It's goosegrass to me!

I didn't know what it was called, so it's 'Velcro weed' in our family.

Apparently it's also known as 'cleavers' (I assume from the less common meaning of cleave 'come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation').

It's a more interesting plant than I realised en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_aparine - glad to read it's edible, as my dog sometimes eats it.

2nd post, middle photo is cleavers. Never heard it called sticky willy before! It is a rampant weed, but it is edible and actually very good for you - helps to cleanse your liver and blood I believe.

I don't think it's a cleaver(sticky willy),It looks like valium,you can see the little flower buds.If it isn't sticky(and you can tell easily when you touch it)then leave it as it will be a pretty friend cover plant.
There is deffinatly bind weed,if it is mixed with other plants then gathering all the long bit,without detaching from the roots,cover with a big plastic bag and spray inside with weedkiller,then tie up the neck of the bad and leave until it all died back.If you try to dig it out every tiny bit of the brittle root that is left will grow into a new plant.

It's a more interesting plant than I realised glad to read it's edible, as my dog sometimes eats it
Yep, flippin sticky weed. My greyhound seeks it out, the mare, she’s only got about four teeth left though so despite her efforts usually comes back with it stuck all over her face rather than in her gob.

Hotter do you mean Galium? I thought it didn't look quite like sticky weed/goosegrass/cleavers, and maybe a bit more like a leggy sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum).

My guinea pigs used to love scoffing sticky willy. It’s supposed to be good for them.

Them’s weeds!

Deutzia could be the shrub in the first post pics 2 and 3.
It will flower with small bell pink/white flowers soon if it is.