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Hosta flowering - shall I or shan't I?

I love Hosta  flowers.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hosta+flowers&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gxWZUd-eHoTu0gWQ94CoCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967

What is this tree

Please can you add a good close up of a leaflet where it is attached to the midrib.

I hope it is not as Ailianthus is a shocker for sending out sucker.

It is not the right tree for a small garden.

Thanks

see link... one tree dozens of suckers...

http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Ailanthus_altissima.htm

Please check the leaflets for tiny pimples... these are glands that each leaflet has.. see pic...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ailanthus+altissima+l+gland&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dwCZUZ2KJ8OL4ATxxoHQBA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967#hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=ailanthus+altissima++gland&oq=ailanthus+altissima++gland&gs_l=img.12...0.0.1.4400.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..14.img.fmZtik2HEpY&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.d2k&fp=5628b6001496fbf7&biw=1920&bih=967&imgrc=a30bKzqvSysA0M%3A%3BJSupVZj_MDQltM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi301.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fnn49%252FSilversurfer100%252FAILANTHUSALTISSIMA23-08-200708-54-1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmygarden.rhs.org.uk%252Fforums%252Fp%252F24144%252F47279.aspx%3B1024%3B768

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ailanthus+altissima+gland&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sP-YUfXMHoWq4ASbtoGwCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=978&bih=411#imgrc=a30bKzqvSysA0M%3A%3BJSupVZj_MDQltM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi301.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fnn49%252FSilversurfer100%252FAILANTHUSALTISSIMA23-08-200708-54-1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmygarden.rhs.org.uk%252Fforums%252Fp%252F24144%252F47279.aspx%3B1024%3B768

Identification

It is Ardisia sp.

Probably Ardisia crenata.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ardisia+crenata&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=967&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=e6mYUcSLM4On0QXF-oHQCQ

White garden

Kath6, check Gardeners World Episode 10 on replay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01skgh2

To me Tulipa Carnaval de Nice is red rather than pink.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Tulipa+Carnaval+de+Nice.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hveXUbnCLeOt4AT3g4GQDQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=986&bih=449

White garden

Tulipa Lady Jane.... maybe.

http://www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk/images/autumn/tulip/tulipladyjanecu.jpg

Help

Hmm.

Damp is the word that would makes me thing twice about cotoneasters, clematis and box

Chaenomeles flower far better in  in sun.

Lots of other good suggestions already mentioned would be fine.

Matteuccia struthiopteris will  love damp shade. Could take over.

Strange Shrub

Not very big.

They are slow to start with.

We had a big one but lost it.

The new one has only been in 4-5 years so is still quite small.

http://www.djibnet.com/photo/wheel+tree/trochodendron-aralioides-1-3468275611.ht

Strange Shrub

I believe it is Trochodendron  aralioides.

A beautiful   interesting glossy leaved  evergreen shrub.

It can be on the tender side.

In South Wales our one is planted in the ground , in a sheltered spot.  

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=trochodendron+aralioides&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=YC2VUZOLH9Od0wWlpYDoAw&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967

Do you think...

At very worst they can only say no.

You have nothing to lose.

Keep us posted.

Do you think...

The company will probably not ask for them to be sent back.

Complain!