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Unknown Seedlings

AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
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Anyone have any idea what these may be, I think they must have been in a cottage garden or wildflower seed mix that I've put down.

At the moments I'm just letting them grow but if they're something I don't want will need to get out before they seed!




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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2019
    Might be marjoram or oregano. Do they smell when crushed.
    The middle , more advanced one, looks like it might turn into bells of Ireland or similar, though.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    Thanks.
    I'll keep an eye on how they develop before deciding what to do 
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    They look a bit spurgey to me.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    josusa47 said:
    They look a bit spurgey to me.
    Me too - possibly Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus) of which I have a great deal - don't let it seed!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    josusa47 said:
    They look a bit spurgey to me.
    I think it’s that little weedy spurge that pops up all over my veg patch.  Flippin nuisance. Had it got milky sap?

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





  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    edited May 2019
    Dovefromabove said:
    josusa47 said:
    They look a bit spurgey to me.
    I think it’s that little weedy spurge that pops up all over my veg patch.  Flippin nuisance. Had it got milky sap?
    Will have a look tomorrow, will be getting rid if it is a spurge.
    I've presumed it came from the flower mix but might not have.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I'm intrigued by that strange-looking purply thing in the top right of the picture.  Any ideas, anyone?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Petunia most likely, although salpiglossis flowers look like that before they open.
  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    josusa47 said:
    I'm intrigued by that strange-looking purply thing in the top right of the picture.  Any ideas, anyone?
  • AlliumPurpleSensationAlliumPurpleSensation Posts: 270
    josusa47 said:
    I'm intrigued by that strange-looking purply thing in the top right of the picture.  Any ideas, anyone?

    It's a trailing petunia. Pink / Purple and white stripes.  I like unusual and bold but these just look a bit too "in your face"




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