What have I inherited in my garden, and how do I look after it?

[Thurlow]

It’s a courtyard garden so I’m determined that the plants that are there I will keep looking nice because it looks like there will be some lovely stuff in the summer. Can anyone tell me what it is, and what we should do when?

And these

The last one is a clematis.

Sorry thr last of the first lot so clematis thr latest ones look like rose and wisteria,

First is bamboo.
It'll look after itself- with bells on!

First pic is a bamboo I think. Watch out for it spreading and dig it up if it does. Second pic may be ceanothus although unusual to grow in a pot. Blue flowers in spring. Doesn't need much attention. Third pic is evergreen clematis, often scented. It is lovely but a bit of a thug and will take over. Fourth pic is a rose, perhaps a climber as it is next to a post. Needs pruning soon. Last pic is honeysuckle, can't tell which one but can be left to do its own thing really. Hope I am right!

1. Bamboo. 2. No idea (wait and see what it does in spring/ summer to find out if no one else knows). 3. Clematis. 4. Rose. 5. Wisteria. Google will help you out with all of these- the bamboo can be a bit of a thug and wisteria is wonderful but also needs a firm hand with pruning.

Last one looks like Japanese honeysuckle, virtually indestructible!

I think you’ve got bamboo, ceonothus (come in lots of different sizes, evergreen with small blue flowers in spring), not totally sure on number 3, climbing rose, possibly wisteria. Will be much easier to tell in spring/ summer. I wouldn’t do much with any of them yet (keep pots watered if necessary) then wait and see what they do.

1st = bamboo. The large bushy plant.
Take a pic and leaf into a garden centre. Some are fairly tame, others spread. Looks like it’s been clipped into submission.

2nd = plant in clay pot - ? Whatever it is, the pot is too small.

3rd = climbing up pergola - clematis (Armandii ?). Again, take pic & leaf into garden centre.

4th = shrub or climbing rose.

5th = clematis or honeysuckle. Can’t quite see the leaves.

1.bamboo, 2 don’t know, could be a few things from the leaves, 3 Clematis, 4 rose, 5 an evergreen honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle not wisteria because it has simple leaves in opposite pairs, not compound leaves made up of several leaflets, and it is evergreen whereas a wisteria wouldn’t have any leaves at this time of year

The rose may be either a climber or a rambler, but I would guess a climber, given the flower. You need to get the right pruning rules for it, as climbers and ramblers need different treatment. Monty did a spot recently on G's World, so you can probable Google that.

Can you get a better pic of the pot tree? It doesn't look like a ceanothus to me.

5 isn't a wisteria, the leaves are wrong. Could be a honeysuckle.

I wouldn't panic OP you don't really have to do much, feed the rose and do a bit of mulching then way and wait and see what happens this summer.

It looks a nice little space OP

probably not what you want to hear op but there’s an ap called PlantNet which is quite good at telling you what plants are. i found it helps better when the plant is in flower though.

Apps are very good at giving a name to a plant, but it’s not always the right name, and they lack the botanical knowledge to know when they have got it wrong. Treat their ids as a starting point only

@Thurlow

It’s a courtyard garden so I’m determined that the plants that are there I will keep looking nice because it looks like there will be some lovely stuff in the summer. Can anyone tell me what it is, and what we should do when?

Bamboo, Ceanothus (californian lilac) and Clematis armandii