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Plant i.d./info req.

rodneygrant01rodneygrant01 Posts: 6
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Hi all,found these growing wild near where I live in Suffolk,I'd appreciate i.d,also do they produce seed and am I ok to take some ?
Thanks,
Rod.

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    1. Evening Primrose
    2. Cosmos
    3. Cosmos
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    No 1 , oenothera ,and the other 2 are cosmos.
    I'm sure someone will know the details of the wildlife and countryside act 1981 regarding seed collection.
    Unless they're on private land, my guess is you shouldn't, technically.  ;)
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2018
    Neither of them are native British plants, so if you want to collect seed and they're not on private  property I can't imagine there'd be a problem (although I'm not a lawyer).  
    However the seeds of both are readily available from most seed merchants.  

    https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_912B_oenothera_biennis

    https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_397A_cosmos_bipinnatus_sensation_choice_mixed 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    They are not British Natives. I guess someone sprinkled some seed around. I can't see a problem with you helping yourself to a ripe seed pod. Don't do what I saw one woman doing, taking all the green heads off a poppy, thinking they would grow. Unless the seed is ripe, you would be better off buying a packet of seed. The cosmos is commonn enough to obtain. The Oenothera biennis is the common  biennial evening primrose.
  • rodneygrant01rodneygrant01 Posts: 6
    That's great.thanks to all for the valuable info.
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