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A few plant ID's please!

sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
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Hi!

I have a few plant ID's - If I may, can I post them on one thread, as if I try to post a few questions in succesion, it 'freezes me out' for several minutes - or if it is better etiquette to have one plant per post, please let me know :)

Thank you!

1) These are growing in a few plant post - dead, but can see the seeds:





2) The fruit look smaller in real life - is it some sort of apple tree with teeny apples?




3) I think it is a kind of mint (smells very minty) and has purple flowers - anyone know which type? Has it been planted purposely or does it just spring up? (can i take out and plant them all in a pot and they seem a bit scattered in my garden)



4) Is this a weed?



Thank you very much :)
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    1 might be Bluebells
    The mint looks like a mint, the smell is so distinctive, it it smells like mint, it's mint. Potting it up is probably a good idea, they run amok in the garden
    The last is a geranium


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Thank you nutcutlet  :) 

    Ok, I think I will do that to the mint...it is just springing up everywhere. All mint is edible, right?

    Regarding the bluebells, can i just collect the seeds and leave the rest of the plant there, for it to come up again next spring? or should I just cut it off to the base?

    Thanks
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    I didn't realise the last one were geraniums! I was going to clear them out of the bed  :|
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    some geraniums are better than others, you might have made the right decision;
    Yes, all mints edible


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    No 2, probably a crab apple, good for making jelly!
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Thank you nutcutlet 

    Thanks Loraine3 - any way of knowing which variety? (so i can read up more!)
  • MonkeylillycatMonkeylillycat Posts: 7
    I think the seed heads could be muscari... grape hyacinth. Depends on what is below the soil. Bluebells are larger white and elongated shape.. muscari are smaller white bulbs?. I think
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    edited August 2018
    Ahhh, thank you Monkeylillycat they do look like dead/dried grape hyacinth! (when you google, I haven't seen them in flower)

    https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/dried-grape-hyacinth.html

    They are planted in flowerpots
  • Big Bang InflationBig Bang Inflation Posts: 50
    edited August 2018
    Could the seeds heads in picture 1 be Convallaria majalis - Liliy of the valley ?

    EDIT:

    I missed the last posts sabeeha. I think monkeylilycat may have nailed it.

    Anyway, they're all nice plants you have there.
  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    I would go along with grape hyacinth for your first picture, crab apple, mint and geranium.
    As others say, mint is probably better in a pot or trough as it’s quite rampant in the garden.
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