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Seedling ID

sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
in Problem solving
I don't have a greenhouse so in the summer months I just leave my seedtrays outside. What I didn't realise is that if I use plastic seedmarker things then the writing gets washed off by rain.😁

It's hollyhocks at the back, and wallflowers at the front, but could anyone have a stab at IDing the seedlings in the row of three round pots in the middle there? Likely to be biennials of some kind.🤔 I fear they may be too generic-looking for this to be possible.


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  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    They look rather like forget me nots but it is early days indeed and the appearance can change. 
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    edited July 2020
    Ooh, I definitely sowed some of those and that is probably it! I'll prick them out today and write "very possibly forget me nots" on lovely non-plastic rain-proof ice lolly sticks.:D

    Thanks.:)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Another vote for Forgetmenots. 

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





  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    How apt!
    East Lancs
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Lol!! I hadn't even noticed the irony.😂
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    And I think they got their name because once you’ve grown them in your garden you’ll always have them because they selfseed. 

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





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Try using a soft pencil on your plastic labels.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I never ever bought any, shook one plant around, now I have a very lovely infestation, and next door has some too.
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Obelixx said:
    Try using a soft pencil on your plastic labels.

    Obelixx said:
    Try using a soft pencil on your plastic labels.
    I'll try that, thank you.

    There are a lot of little spaces in my garden that seem very forget-me-nottish, so hopefully they do self-seed! Like sweet williams, fox gloves, pansies, roses and lavender, they remind me strongly of my grandmother's garden.
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Just pricked them out and the leaves felt sort of furry.🌸
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